1958 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1958 between Geelong and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Geelong (13.14.92) defeated Footscray (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 August 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 12,147

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 13.14.92 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 8 8 . 8 11 . 13 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Footscray 2 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
19 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 2 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Falconer, Peter ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 1 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Martin, Neville ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
37 Smith, Ron ? ? 2 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 4 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
5 Connolly, Barry ? ? 1 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
33 Fleming, Ian ? ? 3 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
40 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 2 ?
17 Whittaker, Ike ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

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