1964 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 88.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): John Schultz (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Bisset, Ted Whitten (24)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): John Schultz

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barr, Bob #35 4 R15-R18 1
Baxter, Ray #18 11 R01-R02, R06-R09, R13-R16, R18 11
Beattie, Barrie #9 1 R11 0
Bisset, George #6 16 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R18 24
Bradley, John #20 12 R01, R03-R08, R10, R12, R16-R18 5
Bryant, Ian #5 18 R01-R18 5
Chalmers, Graeme #27 7 R01-R03, R07, R13-R15 2
Charles, John #24 3 R05, R08, R15 0
Coutts, Rod #10 12 R01-R12 14
Darcy, David #15 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 4
Dark, Gary #32 4 R04-R07 5
Duff, Ken #16 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 0
Fincher, Noel #28 13 R04-R09, R12-R18 6
Gray, Bob #29 8 R02-R03, R12-R15, R17-R18 9
Greenwood, Jack #19 12 R01-R03, R06-R14 0
Hobbs, Merv #2 12 R03, R06, R09-R18 17
Hoiles, John #23 18 R01-R18 0
Hunter, Alan #36 5 R08, R12-R14, R16 2
Ion, Barry #21 2 R08, R17 1
Ion, Graham #17 9 R01-R02, R04-R06, R15-R18 4
Jillard, John #25 18 R01-R18 0
Johnson, Frank #11 6 R01-R03, R08-R09, R11 4
Magill, Sam #7 4 R04-R06, R10 1
Marsh, Ivan #33 12 R03-R04, R08-R11, R13-R18 4
McKenzie, Don #30 14 R01-R14 8
Miles, Johnny #44 6 R10, R14-R18 0
O'Halloran, Eddie #22 1 R11 0
Payne, Kelvin #22 2 R01-R02 0
Peters, Garry #40 4 R15-R18 0
Schultz, John #14 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 4
Smith, Barry #31 18 R01-R18 4
Taylor, Rob #12 5 R03-R04, R09-R11 0
Vosilaitis, Algy #34 9 R05, R07-R14 1
Walker, Ray #26 12 R01-R05, R07-R13 0
Whitten, Ted #3 15 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14, R16-R18 24
Zeuschner, Murray #1 16 R01-R07, R10-R18 1

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 9 -0- 8 R01-R07, R09-R18
Findlay, Bill 1 0 -0- 1 R08

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1964 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 30 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
25/04/1964 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 53 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
02/05/1964 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 19 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
09/05/1964 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 31 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/05/1964 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 47 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
23/05/1964 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 13 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
30/05/1964 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 42 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
06/06/1964 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 13 Bill Findlay unknown
13/06/1964 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 15 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/06/1964 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 8 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
04/07/1964 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 60 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
11/07/1964 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 22 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
18/07/1964 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 5 Ted Whitten unknown
25/07/1964 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 64 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
01/08/1964 Round 15 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 5 Ted Whitten unknown
08/08/1964 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 41 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
15/08/1964 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 7 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
22/08/1964 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 40 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten