1956 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1956 between Essendon and Carlton during round one of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Essendon (9.13.67) defeated Carlton (5.9.39).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 14 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 9.13.67 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Carlton 1 . 1 4 . 1 4 . 7 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain: Roy McConnell
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Lynch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
36 Bergin, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 1 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
24 Garra, Vic ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 1 ?
21 Robertson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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