| Venue: Western Oval | Date: Saturday August 7, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 68 points | Umpire: Jamieson | Crowd: 17,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: R.Garby 6, F.Davies 4, J.Mooring 2, B.Kelsey 1, H.Turner 1, F.Cahill 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: F.Davies, O.Grieve, E.Henfry, R.Garby, H.Turner, A.Streeter, R.Green. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: B.Kelsey (nature of injury unknown) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton opened with the breeze and kept the Dogs scoreless in the first term whilst scoring 4-6. The game was over as a contest at half-time after the Blues had held the Tricolours to 2-3 with the wind and managed 1-6 into it.After Carlton had extended the advantage to 59 points at the last change, an extraordinary last quarter saw the Bulldogs add 4-11 only for the Blues to reply with 5-2.
Three easy victories had rekindled a flicker of hope of finals action. At 8-7, wins in all of the last 4 rounds would certainly do it while 1 loss would make the chances problematic.
Team
| B: | 35 Jack Conley | 27 Ollie Grieve | 9 Bob Kelsey |
| HB: | 33 Ritchie Green | 1 Ken Hands | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 32 Basil Hunter | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 2 Tom Simmons | 21 Ken Baxter | 20 Ray Garby |
| F: | 22 Allan Streeter | 28 Fred Davies | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 3 Frank Cahill | 14 Alan Sorrell | 16 Jim Mooring |
| Res: | 29 Tom Leehane | 30 Max Howell | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut and only game: Tom LeehaneRound 14 | Round 16