1955 VFL Season Round 3: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1955 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round three of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Carlton (17.4.106) defeated Fitzroy (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 23,435

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.4.106 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 0 8 . 2 12 . 3 17 . 4 17 . 4 (106)
Fitzroy 2 . 6 2 . 8 3 . 12 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin level CARL by 30 CARL by 45 CARL by 57 CARL by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 4 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 0 ?
27 Browning, Dave ? ? 1 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
32 Cheffers, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 7 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 3 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 4

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
31 Anton, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
36 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
20 Proudfoot, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 13

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