1955 VFL Season Round 10: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1955 between Carlton and Footscray during round ten of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Carlton (6.7.43) were defeated by Footscray (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 20,576

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 6.7.43 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 0 3 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Footscray 3 . 6 5 . 6 9 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Aitken, Peter ? ? 0 ?
36 Bergin, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 1 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 1 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 7

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
8 Clough, Alan ? ? 1 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

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