TODAY'S quintessential Carlton footy trip would more than likely take in a 24-hour business class flight to some far-flung overseas destination like London or Las Vegas.

But back in 1919, it was a 25-mile rickety road trip in the dickie seat of a Minerva to the idyllic bushland retreat of South Morang on Plenty Road.

Pictured here 100 years ago are members of the Carlton Football Club’s touring party - amongst them the dual Premiership player of 1914 and ’15 Henry Irwin (‘Harry’) Haughton - posing for the camera in front of AG Baldwin’s Commercial Hotel in nearby South Morang.

That’s Harry in the overcoat, casually leaning against the rear door of the Belgian luxury sedan. Also pictured is the dual Premiership player Gordon Green, to the right of the union jack flying from the sedan’s nose, remembering that The Great War had only just ended. It’s thought the pendants featured across Gordon’s vest are his Premiership pennants.

The car pictured alongside is a Lancia, although the identities of the chauffeur and passenger are not known.

An unnamed correspondent for the club’s annual report of 1919, reported the post-season event as follows;

“At the conclusion of the season your players and trainers, with the Committee, were taken on a motor drive to the Cascades, at Whittlesea. The outing was managed by Messrs. Numa and Barrie, and proved most enjoyable. Dinner and tea were provided at Whittlesea, and a programme of sports was carried out. It was unanimously voted as the best trip the Club had had, and much credit is due to Messrs. Numa and Barrie.”

Regrettably there’s no further detail in the annual report – perhaps out of respect for that time-honoured edict that whatever happens on the footy trip stays on the footy trip.