1895 Carlton Football Club season

Carlton Football Club

1895 season
President	F. B. Bromby[1]
Captain(s)	Tom Blake[1]
Home ground	University Cricket Ground
VFA season	11th (5–11–2)
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The 1895 VFA season was the 19th season in the Victorian Football Association to be contested by the Carlton Football Club. The club finished eleventh out of thirteen teams, with a record of 5–11–2 from eighteen matches.

Club summary

The 1895 VFA season was the 19th season of the VFA competition since its inception in 1877; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 19th season contested by the Carlton Football Club.

Carlton's primary home ground in 1895 was the University Cricket Ground, within the grounds of the University of Melbourne in Carlton; but, home matches were also moved to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Jolimont and Victoria Park in Abbotsford.

Mr F. B. Bromby took over the role as president of the football club in 1895. Bromby replaced Mr A. Gillespie, who had served in the role since 1886. Bromby spent only one season as president, before being replaced by Mr A. H. Shaw in 1896. Tom Blake took the role of club captain, taking over from Peter Williams.^[1]

Season summary

Non-premiership matches

Carlton's played four non-premiership matches in 1896, including matches against junior clubs. Three were played in the pre-season, and one was played on the same weekend as Round 1 of the premiership seasons, during which Carlton had a bye. The number of players fielded by the junior clubs, if different to twenty, is indicated in parentheses.

Date	Opponent	Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue
		Home	Away	Result
Saturday, 13 April	Richmond	5.3	6.5	Won by 1 goal[2]	Richmond City Reserve (A)
Saturday, 20 April	Alberton (25)			Result unknown	Brunswick Cricket Ground (H)[3]
Saturday, 27 April	Carlton Juniors (25)	4	4	Match drawn[4]	Brunswick Cricket Ground (H)[5]
Saturday, 4 May	Carlton Juniors (25)			Result unknown	Carlton Cricket Ground (H)[6]

Premiership season

Carlton won five matches and drew two out of its eighteen games to finish 11th out of 13 for the season. All matches were played at 3pm.^[7]

Round	Date	Opponent	Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Bye						N/A
2	Saturday, 11 May	Geelong	10.15	3.2	Lost by 7 goals[8]	Corio Oval (A)[9]	9th
3	Saturday, 18 May	Richmond	7.10	1.9	Won by 6 goals[10]	University Cricket Ground (H)[11]	6th
4	Friday, 24 May	St Kilda	6.8	3.3	Won by 3 goals[12]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)[13]	5th
5	Saturday, 1 June	Footscray	3.8	6.5	Lost by 3 goals[14]	University Cricket Ground (H)[15]	5th
6	Saturday, 15 June	Collingwood	4.3	5.8	Lost by 1 goal[16]	University Cricket Ground (H)[17]	7th
7	Saturday, 22 June	Fitzroy	2.12	2.3	Match drawn[18]	Fitzroy Cricket Ground (A)[19]	8th
8	Saturday, 29 June	Melbourne	8.11	1.3	Lost by 7 goals[20]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)[21]	8th
9	Saturday, 6 July	North Melbourne	2.2	1.9	Won by 1 goal[22]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)[23]	8th
10	Saturday, 13 July	Port Melbourne	5.3	3.3	Lost by 2 goals[24]	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)[25]	8th
11	Saturday, 20 July	Williamstown	6.5	5.4	Won by 1 goal[26]	University Cricket Ground (H)[27]	7th
12	Saturday, 27 July	Essendon	3.5	1.7	Lost by 2 goals[28]	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)[29]	7th
13	Saturday, 3 August	South Melbourne	3.4	5.7	Lost by 2 goals[30]	University Cricket Ground (H)[31]	7th
14	Saturday, 10 August	St Kilda	5.10	1.10	Lost by 4 goals[32]	St Kilda Cricket Ground (A)[33]	7th
15	Bye						10th[34]
16	Saturday, 24 August	Port Melbourne	3.3	2.6	Won by 1 goal[35]	University Cricket Ground (H)[36]	8th
17	Saturday, 31 August	Williamstown	3.11	2.6	Lost by 1 goal[37]	Williamstown Cricket Ground (A)[38]	8th
18	Saturday, 7 September	Richmond	5.6	4.8	Lost by 1 goal[39]	Richmond Cricket Ground (A)[40]	10th
19	Saturday, 14 September	Collingwood	7.6	3.1	Lost by 4 goals[41]	Victoria Park (A)[42]	11th
20	Saturday, 21 September	St Kilda	1.10	1.5	Match drawn[7]	Victoria Park (H)[43]	11th

Ladder

1895 VFA Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	PTS
1	Fitzroy (P)	18	12	1	5	77	47	58
2	Collingwood	18	12	4	2	83	63	52
	Geelong	18	13	5	0	128	62	52
	Melbourne	18	13	5	0	102	70	52
5	South Melbourne	18	9	7	2	84	82	40
6	Essendon	18	8	8	2	91	81	36
7	Port Melbourne	18	7	8	3	72	87	34
8	North Melbourne	18	7	10	1	64	75	30
9	Footscray	18	6	11	1	78	93	26
	Williamstown	18	6	11	1	69	85	26
11	Carlton	18	5	11	2	55	77	24
12	Richmond	18	4	11	3	80	127	22
13	St Kilda	18	3	13	2	64	96	16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers								Source[7]

The Association had no formal tie-breakers in cases where clubs were equal on premiership points.

Individual achievements

• Carlton won its Round 9 match against North Melbourne by one goal after Langley marked on the final bell, and kicked a goal after the bell from 40 yards.^[22]
• Pseudonymous sportswriter Observer of the Argus named new Carlton captain Tom Blake as the league's second-best follower for the season, behind only Parker of Richmond. He also listed Brook Hannah among the league's best thirteen centremen.^[7]
• No player kicked more than ten goals for Carlton during the 1895 season.^[44]

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