1956 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1956 between Richmond and Carlton during round six of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts with Roy Wright as vice-captain. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Max Oppy and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Richmond (9.14.68) were defeated by Carlton (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 19 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Carlton
Score: 9.14.68 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 5 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Carlton 4 . 1 8 . 9 11 . 15 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin RICH by 10 CARL by 20 CARL by 18 CARL by 39 CARL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Vice-Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Max Oppy

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bloodworth, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 1 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Flannagan, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
38 Morris, Peter ? ? 3 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 2 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 6 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 1 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Ousley, Ross ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

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