1956 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1956 between Footscray and St Kilda during round thirteen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Wally Donald captained the hosts with Jack Collins as vice-captain. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Footscray (11.13.79) were defeated by St Kilda (13.2.80).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 14 July 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,414

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 11.13.79 - 13.2.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 7 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
St Kilda 5 . 0 6 . 0 11 . 2 13 . 2 13 . 2 (80)
Margin STKL by 9 FOOT by 14 STKL by 10 STKL by 1 STKL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack (vc) ? ? 4 ?
8 Cross, Max ? ? 2 ?
18 Dickson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
22 Donald, Wally (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
40 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
36 Clancy, Peter ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 3 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
42 Molony, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
44 Peck, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
40 Thompson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
34 Waldron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 6 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 2

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