1958 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1958 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (8.11.59) were defeated by Melbourne (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 August 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,132

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 4 . 7 4 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Melbourne 4 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin MELB by 29 MELB by 13 MELB by 35 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 2 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
33 Fleming, Ian ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
40 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
28 McAsey, Alan ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
30 Whitten, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (vc) ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
18 Mithen, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 5 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

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