1958 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1958 between Essendon and Geelong during round one of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (13.17.95) defeated Geelong (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 April 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 13.17.95 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 8 . 8 10 . 12 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Geelong 2 . 2 3 . 8 5 . 10 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Driscoll, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 5 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
37 Green, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
24 Parks, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzpatrick, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
40 Hetherington, Max ? ? 3 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Martin, Neville ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
13 Sutherland, Ross ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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