1958 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 97.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Ted Whitten (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Collins (49)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ted Whitten

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Lyall #41 18 R01-R18 4
Baxter, Ray #18 2 R16-R17 3
Bradbury, John #37 1 R09 0
Broadway, Ray #37 11 R04-R14 0
Buckley, Brian #19 16 R02-R09, R11-R18 0
Clark, Bobby #6 1 R08 0
Clegg, John #4 5 R12-R16 6
Collins, Jack #2 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 49
Connolly, Barry #5 13 R02-R13, R17 20
Costello, Bill #16 7 R01, R03-R06, R09, R11 7
Darcey, Don #10 4 R15-R18 0
Donald, Wally #22 2 R01-R02 0
Duffy, Roger #7 15 R01-R08, R10, R13-R18 11
Edwards, Arthur #11 8 R01, R06-R11, R14 0
Fleming, Ian #33 4 R15-R18 8
Gallagher, Jim #24 16 R01-R05, R07-R16, R18 0
Gardiner, Alex #12 17 R02-R18 4
Gilmore, Brian #34 9 R01-R05, R09-R12 1
Henderson, Herb #25 13 R01-R11, R13, R18 0
Henriksen, Ron #14 4 R02-R05 0
Hoiles, John #23 10 R01-R02, R05-R06, R13-R18 2
Howard, Ron #31 11 R01-R11 11
Ion, Graham #17 1 R18 0
Jillard, John #40 6 R08-R09, R15-R18 0
Kerr, Barrie #1 17 R02-R18 14
Kerr, John #22 1 R03 0
Lee, Bernie #29 6 R03-R04, R06-R07, R14-R15 0
McAsey, Alan #28 3 R10-R11, R18 2
Moloney, Brian #27 4 R07, R12, R14-R15 0
O'Halloran, Jack #4 1 R01 0
Payne, Kelvin #35 8 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10, R12 4
Porta, Ron #21 13 R05-R08, R10-R18 0
Prior, Brian #38 5 R05-R07, R16-R17 1
Quarrell, John #15 9 R01-R02, R08-R14 4
Reynolds, Doug #8 1 R01 0
Ross, Don #9 18 R01-R18 2
Schultz, John #32 18 R01-R18 13
Spargo, Bob #8 6 R12-R13, R15-R18 8
Stockman, Ron #27 7 R01-R07 0
Whittaker, Ike #17 4 R12-R14, R17 0
Whitten, Don #30 12 R01, R08-R18 0
Whitten, Ted #3 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 24

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)
Whitten, Ted 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/04/1958 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 54 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
19/04/1958 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 42 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
26/04/1958 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 61 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
03/05/1958 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 14 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
10/05/1958 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 56 Ted Whitten unknown
17/05/1958 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 17 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
24/05/1958 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 23 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
31/05/1958 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 15 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
07/06/1958 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 22 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
14/06/1958 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 19 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
21/06/1958 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 10 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
28/06/1958 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 11 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
19/07/1958 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 73 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
26/07/1958 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 33 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
02/08/1958 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 17 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
09/08/1958 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 90 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/08/1958 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
23/08/1958 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 19 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten