1956 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-1-7, P%: 113.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): John James (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kevan Hamilton (22)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Doug Beasy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Hands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beasy, Doug #17 18 R01-R18 15
Bergin, Kevin #36 2 R01-R02 0
Berner, Leon #20 6 R07, R10, R15-R18 0
Bosustow, Bob #4 9 R01-R03, R05, R10-R12, R14-R15 1
Buckley, Brian #35 3 R16-R18 0
Chick, John #23 16 R01-R09, R11, R13-R18 2
Clarke, Kevin #16 18 R01-R18 10
Comben, Bruce #15 18 R01-R18 0
Crowe, Bob #34 7 R01-R03, R06-R09 16
Donaldson, Graham #13 16 R01-R16 14
Ellis, Jack #8 3 R04-R05, R18 6
Ellis, Max #21 2 R02-R03 0
English, Vin #14 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 1
Ferry, George #25 15 R02-R13, R16-R18 0
Garra, Vic #24 9 R01-R04, R07-R11 3
Gilchrist, Graham #28 13 R01, R04-R10, R12-R15, R18 4
Hamilton, Kevan #5 11 R03-R05, R08-R14, R17 22
Hands, Ken #1 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 7
Holt, Colin #27 10 R07-R08, R10-R12, R14-R18 0
James, John #10 16 R01, R03-R09, R11-R18 3
Kerr, Laurie #11 18 R01-R18 20
Mills, Jack #9 16 R01, R04-R18 17
Milroy, Bill #2 17 R02-R18 11
Munro, Frank #36 4 R01, R03, R06-R07 1
Nicholls, Don #12 15 R02-R06, R09-R18 5
O'Brien, Kevin #22 1 R13 0
O'Dwyer, Ron #7 1 R02 1
Ousley, Ross #33 8 R06-R07, R12-R17 10
Pope, Maurie #32 1 R16 0
Robertson, Ron #21 1 R01 0
Robinson, Keith #6 2 R01-R02 0
Sullivan, Jack #30 15 R04-R18 9
Webster, Peter #3 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 1
Zeunert, Denis #19 18 R01-R18 0

Team Line-Up

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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)
Francis, Jim 18 10 -1- 7 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/04/1956 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 28 Jim Francis Ken Hands
21/04/1956 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 43 Jim Francis Ken Hands
28/04/1956 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 22 Jim Francis Ken Hands
05/05/1956 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 8 Jim Francis Ken Hands
12/05/1956 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 42 Jim Francis Ken Hands
19/05/1956 Round 6 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 39 Jim Francis Ken Hands
26/05/1956 Round 7 Footscray AWAY WIN CAR by 1 Jim Francis Laurie Kerr
02/06/1956 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 34 Jim Francis Ken Hands
09/06/1956 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 1 Jim Francis Ken Hands
23/06/1956 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 36 Jim Francis Ken Hands
30/06/1956 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 19 Jim Francis Ken Hands
07/07/1956 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 40 Jim Francis Ken Hands
14/07/1956 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 15 Jim Francis Ken Hands
21/07/1956 Round 14 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Jim Francis Ken Hands
28/07/1956 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 50 Jim Francis Ken Hands
04/08/1956 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN CAR by 13 Jim Francis Ken Hands
11/08/1956 Round 17 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 Jim Francis Ken Hands
18/08/1956 Round 18 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 17 Jim Francis Ken Hands