1956 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1956 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round one of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (14.14.98) defeated Fitzroy (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,617

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.14.98 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 8 . 9 8 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 4 . 4 9 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 29 FITZ by 5 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 4 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 2 ?
14 Smith, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
31 Galpin, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Lane, Bryan ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 1 ?
24 Seymour, Ken ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 2 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

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