1958 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1958 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1958 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.