1955 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1955 between Carlton and North Melbourne during round one of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Vic Lawrence captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Jock McCorkell.

Carlton (19.20.134) defeated North Melbourne (10.5.65).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 25,041

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.20.134 - 10.5.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 3 9 . 10 10 . 14 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
North Melbourne 6 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 5 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Margin NMLB by 4 CARL by 18 CARL by 21 CARL by 69 CARL by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

North Melbourne

Captain: Vic Lawrence
Coach: Jock McCorkell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

R. Caird

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Aitken, Peter ? ? 3 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 3 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
32 Cheffers, John ? ? 2 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 4 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 2 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 20

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 0 ?
20 Brady, John ? ? 1 ?
Curtis, Peter ? ? 1 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
30 Easton, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Goullet, Keith ? ? 1 ?
1 Grambeau, Mick ? ? 1 ?
13 Grant, Reg ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Mantello, Albert ? ? 0 ?
16 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
6 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 5 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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