1959 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1959 between Footscray and Carlton during round two of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bruce Comben captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Footscray (8.7.55) were defeated by Carlton (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 2 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 29,436

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 8.7.55 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 4 4 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Carlton 3 . 6 8 . 6 11 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin CARL by 11 CARL by 32 CARL by 49 CARL by 49 CARL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Boundary Umpires

R. Calway

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Densworth, Eon ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 2 ?
5 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gehrig, Phil ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Long, Noel ? ? 0 ?
27 Moloney, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 1 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 7

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Armstrong, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 1 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 3 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 1 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 4 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 14

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