1959 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1959 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round three of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (13.9.87) defeated Melbourne (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 9 . 6 12 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 3 4 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin FITZ by 9 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 50 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 4 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
38 MacNeil, Colin ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 1 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 6 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 8

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