1958 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1958 between Footscray and Geelong during round six of the 1958 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 Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (6.22.58) were defeated by Geelong (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,479

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 6.22.58 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 8 3 . 8 6 . 22 6 . 22 6 . 22 (58)
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 10 8 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin FOOT by 12 GEEL by 32 level GEEL by 17 GEEL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
37 Broadway, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Connolly, Barry ? ? 0 ?
16 Costello, Bill ? ? 1 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 2 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 2 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
19 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
11 Campbell, Peter ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Falconer, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzpatrick, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
22 Le Deux, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Martin, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 15

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