1956 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1956 between St Kilda and Footscray during round two of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

St Kilda (7.4.46) were defeated by Footscray (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 April 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 21,382

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 7.4.46 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 4 . 1 6 . 3 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Footscray 1 . 4 8 . 8 9 . 14 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Boundary Umpires

R. Kidd

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 1 ?
28 Barrett, Ray ? ? 1 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
34 Byrne, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 1 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
37 King, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Mulrooney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
19 Stephenson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 4

Footscray

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

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