1927

After a 1 point loss in the first round to South Melbourne, Carlton won 7 of their next 8 games leaving the Blues in fifth place, 1 win from top spot on the ladder and only percentage off of second place. In the second half of the season the club was still competitive, winning 6 of 9 games to finish the home and away season in fourth place.

Carlton played Richmond in the first Semi Final, and lost by 6 points (12.10 82 to 11.10 76) in a close, see-sawing game in front of 63,620 at the MCG. This displayed the drawing power of these two clubs, with the highest other final drawing a crowd of only 40,595. Carlton was officially classified 3rd for the season.

Alex Duncan was named as the club's outstanding player for the season, finishing second in the Brownlow Medal. A full list of Carlton's votes in the prestigious medal can be found here.

Ladder

People of 1927

Captain: Horrie Clover
Coach: Horrie Clover
Leading Goal-kicker: Harold Carter - 33 goals

August 13
Carlton played Geelong
S.C.G. Attendance; 21,229 Takings; 1,184 Pounds
Carlton team;
Backs; N. Blackmore, F. Donoghue, F. Irwin
Half Backs; F. Gilby. M. Beasy, D. Kelleher
Centre; J. Kelly, J. Watson, V. Arthur
Half Forwards; E. Brewis, H. Clover (Capt.), N. Collins
Forwards; G. Styles, L. Johnson, C. Davey
Followers; F. Connell, C. McSwain
Rover; T. Downs
Carlton won;
Carl. 3.3 6.5 7.6 11.10.76
Geel. 2.1 4.6 6.6 9.6.60
Goals; Davey 4, Clover 3, Johnson, McSwain, Styles, Downs.
Best; Gilby, Downs, Kelleher, Beasy, Clover, Davey, Styles, McSwain.
Umpire; B.Coleman

August 20
Carlton played New South Wales team at the Erskinville Oval
Crowd; 7,000
Umpire; B. Coleman
Carlton team;
Backs; Brewis, Blackmore, Irwin
Half backs; Gilby, Kelleher, Beasy
Centres; Kelly, Watson, Arthur
Half forwards; Fitzgerald, Clover, Brew
Forwards: Johnson, Davey, Styles
Followers; Connell, McSwain
Rover; Downs
Carlton won;
Carl; 4.1 5.3 10.10 16.11.107
NSW; 1.1 5.3 7.5 7.8.50
Goals; Downs 4, Davey 4, Styles 3, Connell, McSwain.
Best; Downs, Davey, Clover, Kelleher, Beasy, Styles, Blackmore, McSwain.

Debuts

Round 18: Allan Skehan, Charlie Davey
Round 13: Frank Mount, Bill Downie
Round 6: Vin Arthur, Tommy Downs, George Gough
Round 5: Maurie Johnson
Round 4: Denis Kelleher, Jim Shanahan
Round 3: Frank Seymour, Bill Donald
Round 1: George Hawking, Les Johnson, Tom Kennedy

Gate Receipts & Membership

Carlton's share of gate receipts for the 1927 season, rounds 1 - 18 was £2,417
This was second behind Geelong's £4,439
Membership subscriptions amounted to £2,750

Player Payments

Carlton players received a flat rate of £3/10s ($7.00) per match, in addition a bonus of £2/10s ($5.00) for every match played, emergencies 25s ($2.50), players not selected £1 ($2.00) for training expenses.
Carlton paid £2,892 to it's players.
This was the highest in the League ahead of Richmond with £2,845.
Lowest of the 11 clubs was Hawthorn with £1,007 (Melbourne's total was not available)
All players on the list received a trip to Sydney in August which cost the club £620

Carlton's Finances

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251476848

Lower Levels

Reserves: Carlton won the Reserves premiership in 1927, our second in succession.