1956 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1956 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round two of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (10.19.79) defeated Essendon (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 10.19.79 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 6 8 . 10 9 . 12 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Essendon 2 . 5 3 . 9 6 . 13 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin FITZ by 7 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain: Roy McConnell
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Boundary Umpires

J. Higgins

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Chapman, James ? ? 0 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Lane, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 6 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 19

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 2 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Lynch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 15

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