1958 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1958 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (12.16.88) defeated Melbourne (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 June 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 12.16.88 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 7 . 8 9 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 5 5 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin MELB by 4 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 41 FITZ by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 2 ?
24 Dixon, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 2 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

Melbourne

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

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