1959 Round 15: Footscray v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, August 8th, 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)
Attendance: 12,549
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 12.8.80 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 8 . 3 11 . 5 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MEL by 6 FOO by 5 FOO by 14 FOO by 9 FOO by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ted Whitten (Footscray), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Ted Whitten (Footscray), Ron Barassi (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Colin Mance
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Beamish, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 2 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
27 Edwards, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
27 Moloney, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 3 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 3 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 11

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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