1955 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 98.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): John James (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Noel O'Brien (73)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): John James

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Hands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aitken, Peter #29 11 R01-R02, R04-R11, R17 7
Archbold, Barry #37 2 R16-R17 0
Beasy, Doug #17 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 25
Beitzel, Barry #35 2 R17-R18 0
Bergin, Kevin #36 10 R09-R18 12
Berner, Leon #20 8 R11-R18 4
Bosustow, Bob #4 11 R03-R13 3
Brown, John #16 11 R07-R10, R12-R18 0
Browning, Dave #27 4 R03-R05, R11 1
Burke, Gerald #5 12 R01-R06, R11, R14-R18 8
Caspar, Harry #6 2 R09-R10 0
Cheffers, John #32 4 R01-R03, R06 4
Chick, John #23 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 1
Comben, Bruce #15 14 R01-R02, R05, R08-R18 0
Crowe, Bob #34 11 R07-R08, R10-R18 6
Donaldson, Graham #13 4 R04, R09, R17-R18 5
Ellis, Jack #8 6 R04-R09 7
English, Vin #14 18 R01-R18 0
Ferry, George #25 15 R01-R15 0
Gilchrist, Graham #28 11 R02-R05, R12-R18 2
Hands, Ken #1 13 R01-R03, R05-R06, R10, R12-R18 3
Holt, Colin #38 1 R10 0
James, John #10 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Kerr, Graham #35 7 R04-R08, R13-R14 1
Kerr, Laurie #11 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 2
Mills, Jack #9 9 R01-R09 9
Milroy, Bill #2 14 R01-R05, R07-R15 4
Molony, Brian #31 9 R01-R02, R07, R09-R10, R13-R16 2
Moran, Bernie #24 5 R06-R08, R11-R12 1
Munro, Frank #22 5 R01-R02, R15-R16, R18 2
O'Brien, Noel #26 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 73
Paice, John #33 4 R06, R08-R09, R16 0
Robertson, Ron #21 4 R01-R04 2
Sullivan, Jack #30 12 R03-R13, R18 1
Warburton, Keith #7 10 R01-R07, R09-R11 9
Webster, Peter #3 16 R01, R03, R05-R18 3
Zeunert, Denis #19 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 1

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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 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 69 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
23/04/1955 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 27 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
30/04/1955 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 57 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
07/05/1955 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 35 Perce Bentley Bill Milroy
14/05/1955 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 25 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
21/05/1955 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 8 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
28/05/1955 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 15 Perce Bentley Bill Milroy
04/06/1955 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 65 Perce Bentley Bill Milroy
11/06/1955 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 58 Perce Bentley Bill Milroy
25/06/1955 Round 10 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 38 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
02/07/1955 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 47 Perce Bentley Bill Milroy
09/07/1955 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 17 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
16/07/1955 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 16 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
23/07/1955 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 14 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
30/07/1955 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 56 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
06/08/1955 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 37 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
13/08/1955 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 31 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
20/08/1955 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 6 Perce Bentley Ken Hands