1959 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 109.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Graham Donaldson (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Serge Silvagni (39)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): John Nicholls

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bruce Comben

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arch, Bill #21 7 R14-R18, SF, PF 5
Armstrong, Bill #27 1 R02 0
Barry, Peter #18 19 R02-R18, SF, PF 8
Beasy, Doug #17 9 R01-R03, R10-R13, R18, SF 5
Benetti, John #8 8 R06-R08, R11-R14, PF 2
Brereton, Leo #6 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 31
Buckley, Brian #4 3 R01-R02, R10 0
Burke, Gerald #5 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 35
Chick, John #23 15 R01, R04-R11, R15-R18, SF, PF 1
Clarke, Kevin #16 13 R01-R05, R08, R11-R15, SF, PF 0
Comben, Bruce #15 19 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF 0
Cottrell, Len #32 8 R05-R07, R09-R11, R17-R18 1
Cox, Berkley #9 10 R03-R05, R07, R09-R10, R15-R16, R18, PF 1
Crowe, Bob #14 9 R01-R06, R08, R10, PF 0
Donaldson, Graham #13 15 R01-R09, R13-R18 23
Ferry, George #25 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Garra, Vic #24 4 R03-R04, R06-R07 0
Gilchrist, Graham #28 17 R01-R09, R13-R18, SF, PF 4
Hall, Don #34 2 R12-R13 0
Heathcote, John #37 17 R01-R17 28
James, John #10 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Kerr, Laurie #11 13 R01-R04, R06-R09, R16-R18, SF, PF 2
Nicholls, Don #12 13 R01-R03, R05, R09-R16, PF 2
Nicholls, John #2 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 2
O'Keefe, John #39 4 R13-R14, R17, SF 0
Pavlou, Chris #35 5 R10-R14 1
Rainsford, Don #40 3 R11-R12, R17 1
Sankey, Maurice #44 3 R18, SF, PF 1
Silvagni, Serge #1 18 R01-R16, SF, PF 40
Strauch, Denis #22 1 R08 0
Sullivan, Jack #30 5 R04, R08-R09, R12, R17 0
Webster, Peter #3 10 R10-R18, SF 0
White, Allan #38 13 R05-R07, R09-R12, R14-R18, SF 15
Williams, Bruce #7 16 R01-R09, R12, R15-R18, SF, PF 15
Williams, John #31 1 R01 1
Zeunert, Denis #19 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 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)
Hands, Ken 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 14 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
02/05/1959 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN CAR by 49 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
09/05/1959 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY WIN CAR by 32 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
16/05/1959 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 40 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
23/05/1959 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 12 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
30/05/1959 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CAR by 8 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
06/06/1959 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 28 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
15/06/1959 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 9 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
27/06/1959 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 10 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
04/07/1959 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 66 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
11/07/1959 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 45 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
18/07/1959 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
25/07/1959 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 16 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
01/08/1959 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 11 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
08/08/1959 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 20 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
15/08/1959 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 45 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
22/08/1959 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 2 Ken Hands John Chick
29/08/1959 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 27 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
12/09/1959 Semi Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 44 Ken Hands Bruce Comben
19/09/1959 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 7 Ken Hands Bruce Comben