1959 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1959 between Carlton and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at the MCG. Bruce Comben captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (7.8.50) were defeated by Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 September 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 65,896

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 7.8.50 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 1 3 . 7 5 . 8 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 3 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 1 ?
44 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 1 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
47 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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