1954 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1954 between Carlton and Footscray during round four of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Carlton (17.21.123) were defeated by Footscray (20.14.134).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 17.21.123 - 20.14.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 6 7 . 11 13 . 20 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Footscray 8 . 3 13 . 4 16 . 8 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Boundary Umpires

G. Andrews

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Boyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 3 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
27 Hunt, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 1 ?
35 Kerr, Graham ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 1 ?
37 Moran, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Brien, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 2 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 2 ?
18 Wenn, Max ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 21

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 9 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 2 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 4 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 14

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