1956 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1956 between Essendon and Footscray during round eight of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. Wally Donald captained the visitors with Jack Collins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (12.11.83) were defeated by Footscray (14.23.107).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Monday 4 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 31,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 12.11.83 - 14.23.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 6 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Footscray 4 . 5 6 . 11 12 . 19 14 . 23 14 . 23 (107)
Margin FOOT by 3 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Lynch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Nixon, Max ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 4 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 4 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
36 Guthrie, Byron ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
38 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 23

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