1957 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1957 between Footscray and Geelong during round twelve of the 1957 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (9.11.65) defeated Geelong (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1957 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 July 1957
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,578

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 9.11.65 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Geelong 4 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin GEEL by 23 FOOT by 4 GEEL by 2 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Clark, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 5 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
4 Moloney, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rawson, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
19 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
25 Crowe, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
40 Hetherington, Max ? ? 1 ?
22 Le Deux, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 3 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
39 Worland, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

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