1955 VFL Season Round 9: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1955 between Carlton and Essendon during round nine of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Bill Milroy captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (4.4.28) were defeated by Essendon (11.20.86).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 29,555

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 4.4.28 - 11.20.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 0 3 . 1 4 . 4 4 . 4 4 . 4 (28)
Essendon 3 . 8 7 . 10 7 . 16 11 . 20 11 . 20 (86)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bill Milroy
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Aitken, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
36 Bergin, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
8 Ellis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 Paice, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 4

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Colliver, Barry ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 20

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