1954 VFL Season Round 16: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1954 between Carlton and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (10.16.76) were defeated by Essendon (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 29,744

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 10.16.76 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 13 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Essendon 1 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin ESSE by 2 CARL by 4 CARL by 3 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Boyle, Alex ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
37 Moran, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 3 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 2 ?
32 Spencer, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Stafford, George ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 16

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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