1959 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1959 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round one of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. John Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Fitzroy (19.17.131) defeated Hawthorn (17.18.120).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 18 April 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Hawthorn
Score: 19.17.131 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 3 12 . 12 15 . 16 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Hawthorn 6 . 6 9 . 8 14 . 13 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin FITZ by 3 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 6 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 1 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 2 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 1 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 17

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFR ? 3 ?
6 Cabble, Ron BPL ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan C ? 0 ?
34 Elward, John FPL ? 2 ?
36 Falconer, Brian WL ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John SUB↑ ? 1 ?
12 Hughes, Alf FB ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les FF ? 4 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 0 ?
33 Nalder, Ron HBFL ? 0 ?
16 Nisbet, Bob CHF ? 0 ?
19 Northcote, Kevin FPR↓ ? 1 ?
23 Peck, John RR ? 2 ?
39 Ritchie, Dave SUB ? 0 ?
7 Shelton, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HFFL ? 3 ?
17 Voigt, Noel BPR ? 0 ?
18 Wilson, Geoff RO ? 1 ?
24 Woodley, Allan CHB ? 0 ?
30 Youren, Colin WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

J. Fisher replaced K. Northcote during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: Len Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 R. Cabble 12 A. Hughes 17 N. Voigt













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



33 R. Nalder 24 A. Woodley 7 B. Shelton













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



36 B. Falconer 9 B. Edwards 30 C. Youren









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 10 J. Kennedy (c) 5 J. Fisher
HALF-FORWARD 23 J. Peck 39 D. Ritchie
27 R. Simmonds 16 B. Nisbet 2 G. Arthur 18 G. Wilson











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



34 J. Elward 1 L. Kaine 19 K. Northcote













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale