1955
On & Off the Field
Award Winners & Selections
Best and Fairest
1 winner
Vice Captain
1 winnerSeason Review
Carlton finished 7th in 1955, a marginal improvement on their 8th placing in Season 1954. Led by Hands on the field for the third year, the Blues won half of their 18 games played and had a percentage just under 100, showing that they were a good solid team.
The Blues would improve again in 1956, before playing finals football for the first time in 4 years in 1957. The club was inconsistent during the year, losing seven games in a row between rounds and 11, before improving towards the end of the season, winning four games in a row between rounds 12 and 15, and six of its last seven games.
Ladder
Pos | Team | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | For | Against | % |
1 | Melbourne | 15 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 214.275.1559 | 142.184.1036 | 150.5 |
2 | Collingwood | 14 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 217.224.1526 | 163.219.1197 | 127.5 |
3 | Geelong | 14 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 216.228.1524 | 174.197.1241 | 122.8 |
4 | Essendon | 12 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 193.277.1435 | 146.223.1099 | 130.6 |
5 | Footscray | 12 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 183.225.1323 | 135.208.1018 | 130 |
6 | Richmond | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 201.265.1471 | 196.211.1387 | 106.1 |
7 | Carlton | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 198.196.1384 | 194.239.1403 | 98.6 |
8 | Hawthorn | 8 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 181.176.1262 | 190.202.1342 | 94 |
9 | Fitzroy | 6 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 175.208.1258 | 200.221.1421 | 88.5 |
10 | Sth Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 177.214.1276 | 205.224.1454 | 87.8 |
11 | Nth Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 173.195.1233 | 231.231.1617 | 76.3 |
12 | St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 115.171.861 | 267.295.1897 | 45.4 |
At the bottom of the ladder stood the woeful St Kilda with a percentage sub 50.
People of 1955
Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Percy Bentley (retires at seasons end after 15 years as senior coach)
Leading Goal-kicker: Noel O'Brien - 73 goals
Best & Fairest: John James
Debuts
Round 17: Barry Beitzel
Round 16: Barry Archbold
Round 11: Leon Berner
Round 10: Colin Holt
Round 9: Kevin Bergin
Round 6: John Paice
Round 4: Jack Ellis, Graham Donaldson
Round 3: Jack Sullivan, Dave Browning, Bob Bosustow
Round 1: Peter Aitken, John Cheffers
Finances
Carlton's income of the year was £18,020/17/8 ($36,041.80)
Whistles From The Boundary
Boundary umpires at all levels now must carry a whistle. This is a result of an incident in the 1954 U19 Grand Final when the boundary umpire signalled to the field umpire that the ball was out-of-bounds.
The field umpire failed to see the signal and awarded a free kick which resulted in the match winning goal..
Carlton v District
The Carlton Football Club played a District team on Sunday 4th September at Rutherglen.
The match was arranged by the Corowa Football Club.
The game was played in greasy conditions with rain showers before the game.
Carlton won by 60 points.
Carlton 18.13.121 - District 8.13.61
Better players, Carlton's goal to goal line, George Ferry full back, John James centre half back, Laurie Kerr centre, Bill Milroy centre half forward, Noel O'Brien full forward who booted 7 goals.
(Trove; Rutherglen Sun and Chiltren Valley Advertiser September 06 p1 1955)
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By Opponent
11 clubs faced
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | For | Agn | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.27 (141) | 29.29 (203) | 0% |
| Fitzroy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30.20 (200) | 17.27 (129) | 100% |
| Geelong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.15 (135) | 20.24 (144) | 50% |
| Hawthorn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19.25 (139) | 21.24 (150) | 50% |
| North Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 (239) | 23.15 (153) | 100% |
| South Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.16 (154) | 18.23 (131) | 50% |
| St Kilda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.30 (186) | 10.35 (95) | 100% |
| Essendon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.4 (28) | 11.20 (86) | 0% |
| Footscray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 (43) | 11.15 (81) | 0% |
| Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.16 (70) | 20.15 (135) | 0% |
| Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 (49) | 14.12 (96) | 0% |
