1958 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1958 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round five of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Fitzroy (16.14.110) defeated Footscray (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 21,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 16.14.110 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 8 . 5 10 . 7 11 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Footscray 0 . 1 3 . 4 7 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin FITZ by 52 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 56 FITZ by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 2 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 2 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 1 ?
24 Dixon, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 5 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
28 Zorzi, Bruno ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
37 Broadway, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Connolly, Barry ? ? 1 ?
16 Costello, Bill ? ? 2 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 4 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
14 Henriksen, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

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