1959 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1959 between Geelong and Carlton during round eight of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Bruce Comben captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Geelong (11.13.79) were defeated by Carlton (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Monday 15 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,108

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 11.13.79 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Carlton 3 . 0 7 . 5 11 . 12 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin CARL by 13 CARL by 23 CARL by 32 CARL by 9 CARL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
6 Earnshaw, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
4 Mather, Dale ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Mundy, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 2 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 1 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 4 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 1 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 4 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 2 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 2 ?
22 Strauch, Denis ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

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