1953 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1953 between Richmond and Carlton during round three of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Richmond (15.8.98) were defeated by Carlton (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 9 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 31,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Carlton
Score: 15.8.98 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 9 . 4 14 . 7 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Carlton 2 . 0 7 . 3 14 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin RICH by 21 RICH by 13 RICH by 1 CARL by 6 CARL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 1 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 4 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 6 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 8

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Dern, Harry ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 4 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 3 ?
30 Stafford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
34 Thomas, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Walsh, Tony ? ? 6 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 8

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