1956 VFL Season Round 9: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1956 between Carlton and Geelong during round nine of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Carlton (11.13.79) were defeated by Geelong (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 33,254

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Geelong
Score: 11.13.79 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Geelong 2 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Carlton

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

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Goldsmith, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 2 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 2 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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