1958 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1958 between Melbourne and Carlton during round one of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Bruce Comben captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated Carlton (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 12 April 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,006

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 11.13.79 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 7 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Carlton 2 . 1 3 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 22 MELB by 28 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 5 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 2 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 4 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Garra, Vic ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
7 O'Dwyer, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Ousley, Ross ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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