1955 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1955 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round six of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (8.10.58) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.6.66).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,517

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 8.10.58 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 2 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 2 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin FITZ by 4 FOOT by 3 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 3 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 McDowell, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 3 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 4 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 6

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s