1959 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1959 between St Kilda and Footscray during round one of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

St Kilda (9.15.69) defeated Footscray (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 April 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 27,600

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Footscray
Score: 9.15.69 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 8 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin STKL by 10 STKL by 16 STKL by 16 STKL by 20 STKL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Garlick, Leo ? ? 1 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 1 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 3 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Ross, Lester ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
32 Stephenson, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Walton, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Densworth, Eon ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 1 ?
5 Fleming, Ian ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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