1957 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1957 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round ten of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Fitzroy (9.14.68) were defeated by Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 June 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 9.14.68 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 8 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Footscray 2 . 0 7 . 7 10 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FITZ by 18 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 3 ?
34 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
39 Grimley, Ken ? ? 2 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 3 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Roberts, Barry ? ? 0 ?
31 Rochow, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
37 Whitmore, Stan ? ? 0 ?
28 Zorzi, Bruno ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 3 ?
6 Clark, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
27 Clough, Alan ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 5 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
14 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 2 ?
35 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14

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