1956 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1956 between Carlton and Melbourne during round two of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (6.11.47) were defeated by Melbourne (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,656

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.11.47 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 0 1 . 5 1 . 7 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Melbourne 5 . 5 8 . 9 10 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin MELB by 29 MELB by 46 MELB by 62 MELB by 43 MELB by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Frood

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
36 Bergin, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Bosustow, Bob ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 2 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
21 Ellis, Max ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Garra, Vic ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Dwyer, Ron ? ? 1 ?
6 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 18

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