1953 VFL Season Round 13: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1953 between Carlton and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (12.24.96) defeated Melbourne (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,367

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 12.24.96 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 5 4 . 13 8 . 17 12 . 24 12 . 24 (96)
Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin MELB by 23 CARL by 1 CARL by 10 CARL by 26 CARL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 3 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
20 Gill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 1 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
27 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 1 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Walsh, Tony ? ? 2 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 1 ?
40 Constable, Bob ? ? 1 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 1 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 2 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

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