1956 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1956 between Footscray and Geelong during round ten of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Wally Donald captained the hosts with Jack Collins as vice-captain. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Footscray (13.12.90) defeated Geelong (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 June 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 35,909

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 13.12.90 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 11 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Geelong 1 . 1 5 . 4 5 . 4 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin FOOT by 14 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Bob Davis (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 5 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 4 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
36 Guthrie, Byron ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
25 Goldsmith, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 8

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