1955 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1955 between Melbourne and Carlton during round eight of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Bill Milroy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (20.15.135) defeated Carlton (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,669

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 20.15.135 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 8 . 11 14 . 13 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Carlton 1 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 23 MELB by 44 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Carlton

Captain: Bill Milroy
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 7 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 4 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 15

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Aitken, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Ellis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Kerr, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Moran, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 5 ?
33 Paice, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 2 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 16

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