1953 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1953 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round nine of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Fitzroy (7.12.54) were defeated by Carlton (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 20 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 7.12.54 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 0 5 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Carlton 3 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 17 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin CARL by 9 FITZ by 2 CARL by 20 CARL by 6 CARL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Ashman, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Noel ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Renwick, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 5 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 2 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
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) ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
27 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 1 ?
30 Stafford, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Walsh, Tony ? ? 1 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 18

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