1960 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1960 between Essendon and Carlton during round five of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Bruce Comben captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Essendon (17.13.115) defeated Carlton (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 21 May 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 17.13.115 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 1 9 . 4 12 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Carlton 1 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 5 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 1 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 2 ?
21 Spero, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 13

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 6 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
34 Hall, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 2 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
3 McCulloch, Dave ? ? 1 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 ?
22 Strauch, Denis ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 14

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