1958 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1958 between Geelong and Essendon during round twelve of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (15.9.99) defeated Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 June 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,088

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.9.99 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 1 8 . 6 12 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 7 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 4 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 3 ?
29 Falconer, Peter ? ? 1 ?
34 Finegan, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
26 Gross, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Martin, Neville ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 5 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
20 Box, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Clarkson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 1 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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