1956 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1956 between Melbourne and Carlton during round thirteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Carlton (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 14 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,022

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	5	.	7	8	.	8	12	.	10	14	.	10	14	.	10	(94)
Carlton	4	.	1	6	.	4	9	.	7	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Margin	MELB by 12			MELB by 16			MELB by 21			MELB by 15			MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
31	Barassi, Ron	?	?	0	?
30	Beckwith, John	?	?	0	?
19	Carroll, Keith	?	?	0	?
1	Cordner, Denis	?	?	0	?
9	Dixon, Brian	?	?	0	?
18	Johnson, Bob	?	?	2	?
14	Johnson, Trevor	?	?	0	?
16	Laidlaw, Clyde	?	?	0	?
34	Lane, Ralph	?	?	0	?
3	Marquis, Peter	?	?	3	?
17	McGivern, Geoff	?	?	0	?
5	McLean, Ian	?	?	0	?
35	McMahen, Noel (c)	?	?	0	?
38	Melville, Ken	?	?	0	?
11	Mithen, Laurie	?	?	0	?
24	Ridley, Ian	?	?	4	?
8	Sandral, Jim	?	?	0	?
12	Spencer, Stuart	?	?	5	?
15	Webb, Athol	?	?	0	?
25	Williams, Don	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				14	10

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
17	Beasy, Doug	?	?	0	?
23	Chick, John	?	?	0	?
16	Clarke, Kevin	?	?	2	?
15	Comben, Bruce	?	?	0	?
13	Donaldson, Graham	?	?	0	?
14	English, Vin	?	?	0	?
25	Ferry, George	?	?	0	?
28	Gilchrist, Graham	?	?	0	?
5	Hamilton, Kevan	?	?	3	?
1	Hands, Ken (c)	?	?	1	?
10	James, John	?	?	0	?
11	Kerr, Laurie	?	?	2	?
9	Mills, Jack	?	?	0	?
2	Milroy, Bill	?	?	0	?
12	Nicholls, Don	?	?	0	?
22	O'Brien, Kevin	?	?	0	?
33	Ousley, Ross	?	?	3	?
30	Sullivan, Jack	?	?	1	?
3	Webster, Peter	?	?	0	?
19	Zeunert, Denis	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				12	7

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

Score Timeline

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Links

1956 VFL Season

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