1959 VFL Season Round 13: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1959 between Carlton and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Bruce Comben captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Carlton (9.9.63) defeated Footscray (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 13,271

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 9.9.63 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 7 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Footscray 1 . 1 2 . 5 3 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin CARL by 37 CARL by 29 CARL by 35 CARL by 16 CARL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 1 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 4 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
34 Hall, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
39 O'Keefe, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 3 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
36 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gehrig, Phil ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Whittaker, Ike ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

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