1959 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1959 between Essendon and Carlton during round twelve of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Geoff Leek captained the hosts. Bruce Comben captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Thaw and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Essendon (15.10.100) defeated Carlton (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 18 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 15.10.100 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 6 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Carlton 1 . 4 3 . 7 3 . 12 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Alan Thaw (caretaker)

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
47 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 5 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (c) ? ? 3 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 2 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 10

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 2 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
34 Hall, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 3 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
40 Rainsford, Don ? ? 1 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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