1958 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1958 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 97.3)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Lyall | #41 | 18 | 4 | R01-18 |
| Baxter, Ray | #18 | 2 | 3 | R16-17 |
| Bradbury, John | #37 | 1 | 0 | R09 |
| Broadway, Ray | #37 | 11 | 0 | R04-14 |
| Buckley, Brian | #19 | 16 | 0 | R02-09, R11-18 |
| Clark, Bobby | #6 | 1 | 0 | R08 |
| Clegg, John | #4 | 5 | 6 | R12-16 |
| Collins, Jack | #2 | 16 | 49 | R01-05, R08-18 |
| Connolly, Barry | #5 | 13 | 20 | R02-13, R17 |
| Costello, Bill | #16 | 7 | 7 | R01, R03-06, R09, R11 |
| Darcey, Don | #10 | 4 | 0 | R15-18 |
| Donald, Wally | #22 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Duffy, Roger | #7 | 15 | 11 | R01-08, R10, R13-18 |
| Edwards, Arthur | #11 | 8 | 0 | R01, R06-11, R14 |
| Fleming, Ian | #33 | 4 | 8 | R15-18 |
| Gallagher, Jim | #24 | 16 | 0 | R01-05, R07-16, R18 |
| Gardiner, Alex | #12 | 17 | 4 | R02-18 |
| Gilmore, Brian | #34 | 9 | 1 | R01-05, R09-12 |
| Henderson, Herb | #25 | 13 | 0 | R01-11, R13, R18 |
| Henriksen, Ron | #14 | 4 | 0 | R02-05 |
| Hoiles, John | #23 | 10 | 2 | R01-02, R05-06, R13-18 |
| Howard, Ron | #31 | 11 | 11 | R01-11 |
| Ion, Graham | #17 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Jillard, John | #40 | 6 | 0 | R08-09, R15-18 |
| Kerr, Barrie | #1 | 17 | 14 | R02-18 |
| Kerr, John | #22 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Lee, Bernie | #29 | 6 | 0 | R03-04, R06-07, R14-15 |
| McAsey, Alan | #28 | 3 | 2 | R10-11, R18 |
| Moloney, Brian | #27 | 4 | 0 | R07, R12, R14-15 |
| O'Halloran, Jack | #4 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Payne, Kelvin | #35 | 8 | 4 | R01-04, R06-07, R10, R12 |
| Porta, Ron | #21 | 13 | 0 | R05-08, R10-18 |
| Prior, Brian | #38 | 5 | 1 | R05-07, R16-17 |
| Quarrell, John | #15 | 9 | 4 | R01-02, R08-14 |
| Reynolds, Doug | #8 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Ross, Don | #9 | 18 | 2 | R01-18 |
| Schultz, John | #32 | 18 | 13 | R01-18 |
| Spargo, Bob | #8 | 6 | 8 | R12-13, R15-18 |
| Stockman, Ron | #27 | 7 | 0 | R01-07 |
| Whittaker, Ike | #17 | 4 | 0 | R12-14, R17 |
| Whitten, Don | #30 | 12 | 0 | R01, R08-18 |
| Whitten, Ted | #3 | 17 | 24 | R01-04, R06-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitten, Ted | 18 | 6 | -0- | 12 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/04/1958 | Round 1 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 54 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 19/04/1958 | Round 2 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 42 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 26/04/1958 | Round 3 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 61 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 03/05/1958 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 14 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 10/05/1958 | Round 5 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 56 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 17/05/1958 | Round 6 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 17 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 24/05/1958 | Round 7 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 23 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 31/05/1958 | Round 8 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 15 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 07/06/1958 | Round 9 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 22 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 14/06/1958 | Round 10 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 19 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 21/06/1958 | Round 11 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 10 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 28/06/1958 | Round 12 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 11 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 19/07/1958 | Round 13 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 73 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 26/07/1958 | Round 14 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 33 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 02/08/1958 | Round 15 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 17 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 09/08/1958 | Round 16 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 90 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 16/08/1958 | Round 17 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 7 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |
| 23/08/1958 | Round 18 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 19 | Ted Whitten | Ted Whitten |