The 1896 team photographed before a match at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" class="extiw" title="w:Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>. This was the last <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" class="extiw" title="w:Carlton Football Club">Carlton team</a> to play in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" class="extiw" title="w:Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a>. W. C. Donaldson, Carlton secretary for seven years, is standing at the rear, holding the child. According to his surviving niece, the missionary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Hannah" class="extiw" title="w:Brook Hannah">Charles Brooking Hannah</a> is believed to be the player seated in the middle row with the cap who is turning slightly away from the camera.
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