1951 VFL Season Round 13: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1951 between Carlton and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Carlton (8.14.62) were defeated by Footscray (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 28 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 34,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 8.14.62 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 5 4 . 8 5 . 14 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Footscray 1 . 1 2 . 6 5 . 6 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin CARL by 16 CARL by 14 CARL by 8 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Baxter, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
21 Blake, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Calder, Don ? ? 0 ?
24 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 1 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Smallwood, Bernie ? ? 3 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

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