1955 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1955 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Fitzroy (9.7.61) were defeated by Footscray (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 August 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 9.7.61 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 8 3 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FITZ by 18 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 19 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
22 Charles, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Jarman, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
35 Smith, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Trickey, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
29 Wilson, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
8 Clough, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 5 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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