1947 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1947 between St Kilda and Carlton during round six of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

St Kilda (7.11.53) were defeated by Carlton (23.17.155).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Carlton
Date: Saturday 24 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Carlton
Score: 7.11.53 - 23.17.155

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Carlton 4 . 7 8 . 9 17 . 14 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
Margin CARL by 11 CARL by 20 CARL by 67 CARL by 102 CARL by 102
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
14 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 Dimble, Murray ? ? 0 ?
2 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Kerr, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
11 Mace, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
16 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 3 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Alexander, Wal ? ? 0 ?
5 Bailey, George ? ? 3 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 4 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Boys, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Cooper, Jack ? ? 6 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 3 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 3 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 23 17

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s