1956 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1956 between Carlton and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Wally Donald captained the visitors with Jack Collins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Carlton (6.9.45) were defeated by Footscray (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 44,878

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 6.9.45 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 3 2 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Footscray 2 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald
Vice-Captain: Jack Collins
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 Berner, Leon ? ? 0 ?
35 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
8 Ellis, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 1 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 3 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
36 Guthrie, Byron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
14 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 14

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