Claim: The 1951 Hawthorn Football Club season, Round 1 match against Carlton (nicknamed the Blues) in Princes Park was attended by 12,000 people.
Evidence: The 1951 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 27th season in the Victorian Football League and 50th overall. Saturday, 21 April (2:15 pm) Carlton The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Princes Park (A) 13,000