1956 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1956 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round twelve of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Wally Donald captained the visitors with Jack Collins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Fitzroy (7.9.51) were defeated by Footscray (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 7.9.51 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 3 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin FITZ by 8 FOOT by 11 level FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Arvidson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 1 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
35 Gotch, Graham ? ? 1 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
22 Smith, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 2 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

Footscray

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

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