1957 VFL Season Round 8: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1957 between Carlton and Melbourne during round eight of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (10.11.71) were defeated by Melbourne (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 31,096

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Melbourne 1 . 6 5 . 10 8 . 11 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin CARL by 8 MELB by 3 CARL by 2 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Jim Francis

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 0 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 4 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
27 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 1 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Dwyer, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Strauch, Denis ? ? 2 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 3 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunsford, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 1 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Sandral, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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