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Carlton vs Essendon
| Round: 1 Venue: Princes Park Date: Sat, 18-04-1959 2:15 pm Crowd: 31,000 | |||||
| Carlton | 7.4.46 | 8.10.58 | 12.13.85 | 13.20.98 | C: Ken Hands |
| Essendon | 3.3.21 | 6.10.46 | 9.14.68 | 11.18.84 | C: Dick Reynolds |
| CARL by 25 | CARL by 12 | CARL by 17 | CARL by 14 | ||
Match stats
| Carlton | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 17 | Beasy, Doug | 1 | 29y 2d | 121 | 120 | |||||||||
| 6 | Brereton, Leo | 0 | 22y 168d | 20 | 23 | |||||||||
| 4 | Buckley, Brian | 0 | 23y 258d | 25 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Burke, Gerald | 4 | 28y 137d | 58 | 76 | |||||||||
| 23 | Chick, John | 0 | 26y 236d | 91 | 27 | |||||||||
| 16 | Clarke, Kevin | 0 | 27y 297d | 46 | 11 | |||||||||
| 15 | Comben, Bruce | 0 | 28y 177d | 139 | 35 | |||||||||
| 14 | Crowe, Bob | 0 | 22y 326d | 44 | 60 | |||||||||
| 13 | Donaldson, Graham | 1 | 23y 302d | 54 | 39 | |||||||||
| 25 | Ferry, George | 0 | 27y 253d | 95 | 7 | |||||||||
| 28 | Gilchrist, Graham | 0 | 26y 247d | 77 | 17 | |||||||||
| 37 | Heathcote, John | 1 | 25y 85d | 17 | 20 | |||||||||
| 10 | James, John | 0 | 25y 90d | 103 | 20 | |||||||||
| 11 | Kerr, Laurie | 0 | 30y 297d | 137 | 46 | |||||||||
| 12 | Nicholls, Don | 0 | 22y 146d | 50 | 26 | |||||||||
| 2 | Nicholls, John | 0 | 19y 248d | 34 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Silvagni, Serge | 5 | 20y 294d | 13 | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 | Williams, Bruce | 0 | 19y 357d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Williams, John | 1 | 19y 5d | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 19 | Zeunert, Denis | 0 | 27y 280d | 73 | 11 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 20 | 24y 337d | 1199 | 552 | |||||||||
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 18 | Burgess, Reg | 0 | 24y 255d | 87 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1 | Clarke, Jack | 0 | 25y 278d | 120 | 24 | |||||||||
| 26 | Donohoe, Brian | 0 | 22y 179d | 26 | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 | Epis, Alec | 0 | 21y 234d | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
| 8 | Evans, Ron | 5 | 19y 285d | 11 | 32 | |||||||||
| 23 | Fraser, Ken | 0 | 19y 60d | 18 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Hebbard, Col | 0 | 22y 159d | 29 | 19 | |||||||||
| 30 | Leek, Geoff | 1 | 27y 59d | 118 | 64 | |||||||||
| 16 | Leydin, Graham | 0 | 19y 28d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Mackie, Barry | 1 | 21y 21d | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Mann, Lance | 0 | 28y 280d | 64 | 22 | |||||||||
| 31 | Mitchell, Hugh | 2 | 24y 147d | 91 | 123 | |||||||||
| 17 | Moloney, George | 1 | 19y 201d | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
| 14 | Nicolson, Don | 0 | 19y 164d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Sampson, Brian | 0 | 18y 62d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Sewell, Greg | 0 | 25y 292d | 117 | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 | Shaw, David | 0 | 20y 171d | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Shearman, Bob | 0 | 19y 216d | 38 | 4 | |||||||||
| 25 | Timms, Ken | 1 | 20y 269d | 23 | 24 | |||||||||
| 33 | Towner, John | 0 | 25y 150d | 71 | 36 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 18 | 22y 102d | 840 | 405 | |||||||||
Match highlights
Hugh Mitchell played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)Bruce Williams debuted for Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Brian Sampson debuted for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
David Shaw debuted for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)