1955 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1955 between Geelong and Carlton during round seven of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Bill Milroy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Geelong (12.12.84) defeated Carlton (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 28 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,088

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 12.12.84 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Carlton 3 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin CARL by 2 GEEL by 6 CARL by 1 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Carlton

Captain: Bill Milroy
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 6 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 2 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Aitken, Peter ? ? 1 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Ellis, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Kerr, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Moran, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 4 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

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