1959 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 73.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Ted Whitten (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ray Baxter (35)
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 #7 3 R01, R05, R18 0
Barker, Peter #27 1 R04 0
Baxter, Ray #18 15 R01-R14, R18 35
Beamish, Keith #36 7 R09-R10, R13-R17 4
Brereton, John #33 13 R02-R04, R09-R18 0
Buckley, Brian #19 11 R02-R06, R08-R12, R17 0
Clegg, John #28 9 R02-R04, R13-R18 2
Darcey, Don #10 11 R01-R08, R10, R13, R18 2
Densworth, Eon #6 3 R01-R03 0
Devery, Terry #2 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 19
Edwards, Arthur #11 9 R10-R18 0
Edwards, Ralph #27 4 R08-R09, R15-R16 0
Fleming, Ian #5 5 R01-R03, R06-R07 2
Gallagher, Jim #24 8 R01, R04-R06, R13-R16 0
Gardiner, Alex #12 16 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R18 4
Gehrig, Phil #32 7 R02-R04, R11-R14 5
Hoiles, John #23 11 R01-R02, R05, R11-R18 1
Howard, Ron #31 14 R01-R12, R17-R18 10
Ion, Graham #17 14 R01, R04, R07-R18 5
Jillard, John #25 14 R05-R18 0
Kerr, Barrie #1 8 R01-R08 2
Lee, Bernie #29 15 R01, R03-R07, R09, R11-R18 0
Long, Noel #34 9 R02-R04, R07-R12 8
McDonald, Cameron #8 8 R01, R05-R11 5
McGill, Alan #46 1 R14 0
Moloney, Brian #27 7 R02, R05-R06, R12, R15-R17 0
Payne, Kelvin #22 16 R01-R15, R17 0
Porta, Ron #21 6 R01-R02, R06-R07, R09, R12 1
Prior, Brian #38 7 R02-R03, R07, R15-R18 8
Quarrell, John #15 11 R03-R13 1
Schultz, John #14 14 R01, R03-R10, R14-R18 4
Slattery, Jack #16 2 R07-R08 0
Spargo, Bob #8 10 R01, R04-R06, R08, R14-R18 5
Thornton, Barry #13 6 R07-R12 0
Trusler, Wally #44 1 R08 0
Walker, Ray #26 2 R17-R18 0
Ware, Bob #4 14 R01-R11, R14-R16 19
Westacott, John #10 3 R13, R16, R18 0
Whittaker, Ike #16 4 R10, R12-R14 1
Whitten, Ted #3 16 R01-R11, R13, R15-R18 18
Wood, Peter #35 8 R11-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)
Whitten, Ted 17 3 -0- 14 R01-R11, R13-R18
Ryan, Joe 1 0 -0- 1 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 20 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
02/05/1959 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 49 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
09/05/1959 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 44 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/05/1959 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 65 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
23/05/1959 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 27 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/05/1959 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 41 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
06/06/1959 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 16 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
13/06/1959 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 26 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/06/1959 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 28 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
04/07/1959 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 18 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
11/07/1959 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 20 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
18/07/1959 Round 12 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 11 Joe Ryan unknown
25/07/1959 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
01/08/1959 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 47 Ted Whitten unknown
08/08/1959 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
15/08/1959 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
22/08/1959 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 30 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
29/08/1959 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 43 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten