1954 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1954 between Carlton and Melbourne during round two of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (12.10.82) were defeated by Melbourne (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 April 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.10.82 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Melbourne 3 . 1 9 . 5 12 . 6 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin CARL by 20 MELB by 13 MELB by 8 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Frood

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
27 Ilsley, George ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Kerr, Graham ? ? 2 ?
8 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
38 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 4 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 4 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

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