1956 VFL Season Round 3: St Kilda v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1956 between St Kilda and Carlton during round three of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

St Kilda (9.11.65) were defeated by Carlton (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: St Kilda v Carlton
Date: Saturday 28 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 26,400

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Carlton
Score: 9.11.65 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 6 2 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Carlton 3 . 2 8 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin CARL by 2 CARL by 35 CARL by 4 CARL by 22 CARL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
28 Barrett, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
27 Bock, Colin ? ? 0 ?
34 Byrne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
43 Hanrahan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
37 King, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 1 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

Carlton

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