1957 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1957 between Footscray and Carlton during round three of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ken Hands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Footscray (9.10.64) defeated Carlton (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 May 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 34,878

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 9.10.64 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Carlton 0 . 3 1 . 6 4 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
20 McRae, Peter ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
20 Berner, Leon ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 2 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 2 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
22 Strauch, Denis ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

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