1958 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1958 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seven of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (11.19.85) defeated Footscray (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,550

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 11.19.85 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 11 7 . 13 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Footscray 4 . 3 5 . 3 9 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin FOOT by 12 MELB by 2 FOOT by 6 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Vice-Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (vc) ? ? 3 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
18 Mithen, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 4 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 19

Footscray

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