1959 VFL Season Round 4: Carlton v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1959 between Carlton and Richmond during round four of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Richmond at Princes Park. Bruce Comben captained the hosts. Roy Wright captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Carlton (14.17.101) defeated Richmond (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Carlton v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,500

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Richmond
Score: 14.17.101 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 11 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Richmond 3 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin CARL by 10 CARL by 30 CARL by 24 CARL by 40 CARL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 1 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 3 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 1 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Garra, Vic ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 2 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 3 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Clements, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 2 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
27 Gardner, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 3 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 3 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 1 ?
8 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

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