1959 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1959 between Richmond and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Bruce Comben captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan McDonald and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Richmond (13.6.84) were defeated by Carlton (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Carlton
Score: 13.6.84 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 6 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Carlton 6 . 9 7 . 11 13 . 17 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin CARL by 32 CARL by 13 CARL by 47 CARL by 20 CARL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Alan McDonald

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Allsopp, Ray ? ? 2 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 5 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 2 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
42 O'Toole, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
7 Ryan, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 6

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 3 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 1 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 3 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
3 Webster, Peter ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Allan ? ? 4 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 20

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