1959 VFL Season Round 5: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1959 between Carlton and Melbourne during round five of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Bruce Comben captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (10.13.73) defeated Melbourne (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 36,120

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 10.13.73 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 2 9 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 1 MELB by 7 CARL by 12 CARL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 2 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 2 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 2 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Cottrell, Len ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 3 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 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