1959 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1959 between Carlton and Essendon during round one of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. 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 (13.20.98) defeated Essendon (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 April 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 31,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 13.20.98 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 7 . 4 8 . 10 12 . 13 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Essendon 3 . 3 6 . 10 9 . 14 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin CARL by 25 CARL by 12 CARL by 17 CARL by 14 CARL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 1 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 0 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 4 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 1 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 5 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Williams, John ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 20

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 5 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 1 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
14 Nicolson, Don ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 18

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