1958 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1958 between Footscray and Essendon during round eight of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (16.11.107) defeated Essendon (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 29,118

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 16.11.107 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 5 8 . 8 14 . 10 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Essendon 3 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin FOOT by 13 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
37 Broadway, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
6 Clark, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 7 ?
5 Connolly, Barry ? ? 1 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 1 ?
40 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
20 Box, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
24 Parks, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 1 ?
Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 3 ?
36 Yeo, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

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