1956 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1956 between Footscray and Carlton during round seven of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. In the absence of Wally Donald, vice-captain Jack Collins captained the hosts. Laurie Kerr captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Footscray (7.13.55) were defeated by Carlton (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 26 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 33,089

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 7.13.55 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Carlton 2 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 1 CARL by 2 CARL by 1 CARL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jack Collins (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Carlton

Captain: Laurie Kerr
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
37 Broadway, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 3 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 Berner, Leon ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Crowe, Bob ? ? 1 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 2 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Garra, Vic ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
27 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Ousley, Ross ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 8

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