1956 VFL Season Round 17: Carlton v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1956 between Carlton and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Richmond at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors with Roy Wright as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Max Oppy.

Carlton (7.24.66) were defeated by Richmond (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Carlton v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 22,500

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Richmond
Score: 7.24.66 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 5 3 . 14 3 . 19 7 . 24 7 . 24 (66)
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 9 RICH by 27 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 Berner, Leon ? ? 0 ?
35 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Hamilton, Kevan ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 3 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Ousley, Ross ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 24

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Claxton, John ? ? 2 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 4 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 McGown, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
36 Munro, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
6 Sharp, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

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