1954 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1954 between Footscray and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (6.7.43) were defeated by Carlton (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 7 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 6.7.43 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 3 . 3 5 . 7 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Carlton 3 . 2 6 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin level CARL by 21 CARL by 13 CARL by 17 CARL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 7

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Boyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Kerr, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 1 ?
37 Moran, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 4 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 1 ?
33 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 12

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