1954 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1954 between Melbourne and Carlton during round thirteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Geoff Collins captained the hosts. Bill Milroy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (10.16.76) defeated Carlton (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 17 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,406

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 10.16.76 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 11 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Carlton 2 . 0 4 . 4 5 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 2 MELB by 19 MELB by 35 MELB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Carlton

Captain: Bill Milroy
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 16

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
27 Dunn, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 1 ?
37 Moran, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
38 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 4 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 1 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Walsh, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 5

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