1958 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 120.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by North Melbourne (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Owen Abrahams (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Ongarello (52)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Murray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alan Gale

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 38
Aston, Ian #6 19 R01-R18, SF 3
Barclay, Brian #31 4 R16-R18, SF 0
Bromage, Keith #37 11 R09-R18, SF 6
Broockmann, Jim #40 3 R07, R09-R10 0
Campbell, Graham #20 19 R01-R18, SF 19
Clark, Wally #7 17 R01-R16, SF 18
Davey, Colin #11 9 R01-R09 3
Dixon, Gordon #24 4 R05, R11, R16-R17 0
Furness, Don #30 17 R01-R17 9
Gale, Alan #33 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Goodger, Eddie #15 17 R01-R08, R11-R18, SF 0
Gotch, Graham #4 7 R03, R06-R11 1
Harvey, Ron #19 7 R10-R16 1
Henderson, Bob #23 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Hughson, Les #8 1 R02 0
Jones, Ken #17 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Knight, Graham #1 1 SF 2
MacGregor, Jack #14 13 R01-R06, R08, R10-R12, R14-R15, SF 0
MacKenzie, Graeme #29 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Murray, Kevin #2 15 R01-R14, R18 1
Ongarello, Tony #5 18 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF 53
Pert, Brian #3 6 R01, R13, R15-R16, R18, SF 0
Roberts, Barry #22 1 R08 0
Slocum, Ray #27 10 R04, R06-R08, R10, R14-R18 4
Smyth, Leo #21 6 R03, R12-R13, R17-R18, SF 7
Vernon, Rod #9 16 R01-R07, R09, R12-R18, SF 12
Webb, Keith #12 1 R01 0
Wiegard, Keith #18 19 R01-R18, SF 9
Williams, Vin #10 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Wright, Kevin #13 19 R01-R18, SF 35
Zorzi, Bruno #28 7 R02, R04-R05, R09-R10, R17-R18 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Smith, Len 19 12 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/04/1958 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 120 Len Smith Alan Gale
19/04/1958 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 9 Len Smith Alan Gale
26/04/1958 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 5 Len Smith Alan Gale
03/05/1958 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 57 Len Smith Alan Gale
10/05/1958 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 56 Len Smith Alan Gale
17/05/1958 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 19 Len Smith Alan Gale
24/05/1958 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 24 Len Smith Alan Gale
31/05/1958 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 39 Len Smith Alan Gale
07/06/1958 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 15 Len Smith Alan Gale
14/06/1958 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 51 Len Smith Alan Gale
21/06/1958 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 41 Len Smith Alan Gale
28/06/1958 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 31 Len Smith Alan Gale
19/07/1958 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 32 Len Smith Alan Gale
26/07/1958 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 48 Len Smith Alan Gale
02/08/1958 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 64 Len Smith Alan Gale
09/08/1958 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 90 Len Smith Alan Gale
16/08/1958 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 5 Len Smith Alan Gale
23/08/1958 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 4 Len Smith Alan Gale
30/08/1958 Semi Final North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 4 Len Smith Alan Gale