1954 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 99.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): John James (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Noel O'Brien (45)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Bill Milroy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Hands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beasy, Doug #17 8 R01-R04, R11, R16-R18 1
Boyle, Alex #6 7 R01, R04-R05, R15-R18 0
Brown, John #16 18 R01-R18 0
Burke, Gerald #5 5 R06-R09, R12 7
Chick, John #23 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 16
Comben, Bruce #15 15 R01, R03-R15, R18 0
Crowe, Bob #34 2 R17-R18 1
Dunn, Harvey #27 1 R13 0
English, Vin #14 8 R01-R02, R13-R18 1
Ferry, George #25 15 R01-R14, R18 0
Gilchrist, Graham #28 14 R01-R06, R11-R18 5
Hands, Ken #1 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 9
Howell, Jack #13 9 R01-R02, R06-R10, R15-R16 22
Hunt, Kevin #27 4 R04-R07 0
Ilsley, George #27 2 R01-R02 1
James, John #10 18 R01-R18 4
Kerr, Graham #35 6 R01-R05, R15 3
Kerr, Laurie #11 14 R03, R06-R18 3
McKaige, Ken #8 3 R02, R06-R07 0
Mills, Jack #9 18 R01-R18 19
Milroy, Bill #2 18 R01-R18 10
Molony, Brian #31 6 R08, R10, R13-R15, R17 4
Moran, Bernie #37 16 R03-R18 4
Munro, Frank #38 5 R02, R12-R14, R17 0
O'Brien, Kevin #22 3 R03-R05 1
O'Brien, Noel #26 15 R01-R05, R09-R18 45
Rhodes, Ron #36 1 R11 0
Robertson, Ron #21 13 R06-R18 3
Spencer, John #32 11 R02, R04-R10, R13-R14, R16 8
Stafford, George #30 9 R05-R12, R16 0
Sullivan, Harry #3 4 R02-R03, R11, R13 1
Thomas, Max #34 3 R01, R08-R09 0
Walsh, Tony #12 4 R05-R06, R12-R13 0
Warburton, Keith #7 14 R01-R04, R07-R10, R13-R18 6
Webster, Peter #33 13 R03, R07-R18 0
Wenn, Max #18 10 R01, R03-R08, R10-R12 12
Zeunert, Denis #19 14 R01-R05, R09-R12, R14-R18 7

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Bentley, Perce 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1954 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 5 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
24/04/1954 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 19 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
01/05/1954 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 24 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
08/05/1954 Round 4 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 11 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
15/05/1954 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 3 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
22/05/1954 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 42 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
29/05/1954 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 10 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
05/06/1954 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 9 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
14/06/1954 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 5 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
26/06/1954 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
03/07/1954 Round 11 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 12 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
10/07/1954 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 6 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
17/07/1954 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 35 Perce Bentley Bill Milroy
31/07/1954 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 19 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
07/08/1954 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN CAR by 17 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
14/08/1954 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
21/08/1954 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 52 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
28/08/1954 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 41 Perce Bentley Ken Hands