1953 VFL Season Round 10: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1953 between Carlton and Geelong during round ten of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Carlton (8.15.63) were defeated by Geelong (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 32,526

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Geelong
Score: 8.15.63 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 3 1 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Geelong 3 . 4 5 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
19 Calder, Don ? ? 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 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
27 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 1 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 2 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

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