1956 VFL Season Round 17: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1956 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

St Kilda (6.7.43) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 August 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,200

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.7.43 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 2 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FITZ by 17 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
5 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
16 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 1 ?
37 King, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
23 Muir, Brian ? ? 1 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
31 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
34 Waldron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
4 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, James ? ? 0 ?
41 Chivers, Dave ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 2 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
35 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 2 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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