1957 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1957 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (14.15.99) were defeated by Fitzroy (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 1 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,240

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 14.15.99 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 10 10 . 15 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Fitzroy 6 . 1 9 . 5 12 . 7 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 1 ?
19 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
38 Ryan, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 5 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
39 Grimley, Ken ? ? 6 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 3 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 11

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