1954 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1954 between South Melbourne and Carlton during round one of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Carlton at Lakeside Oval. Ron Clegg captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

South Melbourne (11.18.84) defeated Carlton (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 17 April 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 38,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 11.18.84 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 6 3 . 8 6 . 13 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Carlton 2 . 4 7 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin CARL by 4 CARL by 20 CARL by 12 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ron Clegg
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

J. Perry

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Atkinson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Browning, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Deagan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Eichhorn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
8 Gunn, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Keyter, Don ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
18 McDonald, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
38 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Nolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 4 ?
17 Star, Don ? ? 1 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Thomas, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 18

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Boyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 1 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Ilsley, George ? ? 1 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Kerr, Graham ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 3 ?
34 Thomas, Max ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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