1955 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1955 between Carlton and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Carlton (10.6.66) defeated Geelong (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 August 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 22,482

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 10.6.66 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 2 7 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Geelong 0 . 1 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin CARL by 31 CARL by 16 CARL by 5 CARL by 6 CARL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
35 Beitzel, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Bergin, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Berner, Leon ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 1 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
22 Munro, Frank ? ? 1 ?
26 O'Brien, Noel ? ? 5 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 1 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 3 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 12

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