1960 VFL Season Round 16: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1960 between Carlton and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Bruce Comben captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (7.15.57) defeated Essendon (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 August 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,294

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 7.15.57 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 7 3 . 8 6 . 11 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Essendon 1 . 1 1 . 4 3 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin CARL by 12 CARL by 16 CARL by 24 CARL by 13 CARL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bruce Comben
Coach: Ken Hands

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 1 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 1 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 2 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Burke, Gerald ? ? 0 ?
23 Chick, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce (c) ? ? 1 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
47 Lofts, Wes ? ? 1 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 1 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
30 Sullivan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
31 Williams, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Zeunert, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 1 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 8

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