1956 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1956 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (9.13.67) defeated Fitzroy (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.13.67 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 3 . 3 4 . 7 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FITZ by 13 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 20 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Lalor, Ray ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 1 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Willey, Graham ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 1 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

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