1953 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1953 between Essendon and Carlton during round eight of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (14.14.98) defeated Carlton (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 13 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 30,300

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 14.14.98 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 1 7 . 2 8 . 7 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Carlton 6 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin CARL by 41 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 6 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 2 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 2 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 2 ?
24 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Dern, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
8 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 1 ?
34 Thomas, Max ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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