1956 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1956 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round seventeen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League.
Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval.
Wally Donald captained the hosts with Jack Collins as vice-captain.
Roy Simmonds captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.
Footscray (15.13.103) defeated Hawthorn (9.6.60).
Match Details
Season:
1956 VFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Footscray
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 11 August 1956
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
16,492
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Footscray | 4 | . | 6 | 8 | . | 8 | 11 | . | 11 | 15 | . | 13 | 15 | . | 13 | (103) |
| Hawthorn | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 6 | (60) |
| Margin | FOOT by 17 | FOOT by 19 | FOOT by 37 | FOOT by 43 | FOOT by 43 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Footscray
Captain: Wally DonaldVice-Captain: Jack Collins
Coach: Charlie Sutton
Hawthorn
Captain: Roy SimmondsCoach: Jack Hale
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Box, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack (vc) | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 8 | Cross, Max | ? | ? | 5 | ? |
| 29 | Dixon, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Edwards, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Gallagher, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Gardiner, Alex | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 1 | Kerr, John | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | McRae, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Porta, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Rawson, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Reynolds, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 31 | Ryan, Lionel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Stevens, Harvey | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 17 | Stockman, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Westacott, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Whitten, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 13 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Barton, George | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Coghlan, Kevin | RO | ? | 1 | ? |
| 5 | Cooper, John | RR↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 29 | Edwards, Brendan | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Elsworth, Bill | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 36 | Falconer, Brian | WL↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Gent, Don | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Hancock, George | FPL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 11 | Hinks, Ian | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Howells, Geoff | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Kann, Brian | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Maginness, Norm | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | O'Brien, Phil | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John | FF | ? | 3 | ? |
| 27 | Simmonds, Roy (c) | HBFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | Thompson, Clayton | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Woodley, Allan | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Yeoman, Ray | FPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 6 | |||
G. Barton replaced J. Cooper at three-quarter-time.
B. Elsworth replaced B. Falconer during the fourth quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Footscray | Coach: Charlie Sutton | ||||||||||||||
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| 22 | B. Kann | 11 | I. Hinks | 20 | C. Thompson |
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| 35 | N. Maginness | 26 | D. Gent | 27 | R. Simmonds (c) |
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| 36 | B. Falconer | 3 | J. O'Mahoney | 29 | B. Edwards |
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| CENTRE | 24 | A. Woodley | 9 | G. Barton | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 5 | J. Cooper | 19 | B. Elsworth | |||||||||||
| 16 | L. Wilkinson | 25 | G. Howells | 15 | P. O'Brien | 6 | K. Coghlan |
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| 34 | G. Hancock | 23 | J. Peck | 21 | R. Yeoman |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: Jack Hale | ||||||||||||||