1953 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1953 between Carlton and Footscray during round one of the 1953 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 (7.18.60) were defeated by Footscray (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 April 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 27,198

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 7.18.60 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 5 3 . 11 6 . 16 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Footscray 2 . 5 3 . 6 8 . 6 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin FOOT by 6 CARL by 5 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Boyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Calder, Don ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Hosking, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 1 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 2 ?
34 Thomas, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Walsh, Tony ? ? 3 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 3 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Slater, Bob ? ? 3 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
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