Notwithstanding the fact that Carlton hasn’t defeated Hawthorn in a match for premiership points since round 6, 2005, Chris Judd’s 100th game surely affords his teammates an added incentive.

In fact, a win on Friday night would bring a glorious Tendulkaresque synergy to Judd’s milestone match, for of the 161 Carlton 100-gamers before him, 99 have celebrated with a victory.

The club’s resident statistician Stephen Williamson uncovered the terrific stat, together with a number of other Chris Judd curios, listed as follows.

Did you know . . .

·         Judd becomes the 34th Carlton player to turn out for game number 100 on the MCG and the sixth to reach the milestone in the 14th round.

·         He will also be the seventh Carlton player in history to notch game number 100 against Hawthorn, behind Charlie McInness, Jim Clark, Ollie Grieve, George Ferry, Ken Hunter and Dean Rice.

·         And he will be the 13th Carlton player since 1897 to notch his 100th game after Billy Dick, Paddy O’Brien, Horrie Clover, Ray Brew, Jim Francis, Arthur Sanger, Graham Donaldson, John Nicholls, Robert Walls, Mike Fitzpatrick, Wayne Johnston and Stephen Kernahan, with Andrew Carrazzo hitting the ton as acting captain.

For the record, Judd will be 28 years and 70 days old when he breasts the 100-game banner on Friday night. Carlton’s three youngest to 100 are Lance Whitnall (21 years, 275 days), Robert Walls (21, 338) and Bryce Gibbs (22, 88); with the three oldest  Jim Marchbank (33, 344), Greg Williams (33, 222) and Horrie Clover (33, 171).

So what did the impending milestone mean to the man, whose moniker will soon share space on the No.5 locker with Harry Haughton, Syd Jackson, Ken Sheldon and Andrew McKay - all Carlton premiership players.

“To play 100 games for this footy club is a huge honour,” Judd told CFC TV. “It means you get your name on the locker and you go down in the club’s history.”