1954 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1954 between Essendon and Carlton during round five of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (8.18.66) were defeated by Carlton (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 8.18.66 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 6 4 . 7 6 . 14 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Carlton 0 . 2 6 . 10 7 . 13 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin ESSE by 28 CARL by 15 CARL by 5 CARL by 3 CARL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 18

Carlton

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

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