1958 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1958 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Footscray (20.11.131) defeated Fitzroy (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 August 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,982

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.11.131 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 8 . 6 11 . 6 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 3 . 4 5 . 9 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin FITZ by 22 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 90 FOOT by 90
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Clegg, John ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
33 Fleming, Ian ? ? 3 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
40 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 2 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
24 Dixon, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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