1953 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1953 between Footscray and Carlton during round twelve of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Keith Warburton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wally Donald and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (13.12.90) defeated Carlton (8.18.66).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 11 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 31,668

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 13.12.90 - 8.18.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Carlton 0 . 5 2 . 8 5 . 15 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Wally Donald (caretaker)

Carlton

Captain: Keith Warburton
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 2 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
19 Calder, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
20 Gill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 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 ?
7 Warburton, Keith (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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