1956 VFL Season Round 12: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1956 between Carlton and Essendon during round twelve of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (12.13.85) defeated Essendon (5.15.45).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 23,154

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 12.13.85 - 5.15.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Essendon 0 . 1 2 . 9 3 . 13 5 . 15 5 . 15 (45)
Margin CARL by 32 CARL by 20 CARL by 27 CARL by 40 CARL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain: Roy McConnell
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Flanagan

Player Statistics

Carlton

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

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 15

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