1953 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1953 between St Kilda and Carlton during round sixteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

St Kilda (8.15.63) defeated Carlton (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,700

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Carlton
Score: 8.15.63 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 12 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Carlton 1 . 2 4 . 7 6 . 13 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin STKL by 28 STKL by 7 STKL by 5 STKL by 5 STKL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
22 Hartigan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 1 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 2 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Turner, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 15

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Dunn, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
20 Gill, Dick ? ? 0 ?
4 Guy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 4 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 16

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