1958 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1958 between Geelong and Melbourne during round two of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (6.6.42) were defeated by Melbourne (17.8.110).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 April 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.6.42 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 6 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin MELB by 26 MELB by 46 MELB by 56 MELB by 68 MELB by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzpatrick, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
40 Hetherington, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Le Deux, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
24 Martin, Neville ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 1 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 4 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 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