1959 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1959 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round four of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Neil Trezise captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Geelong (13.12.90) defeated Fitzroy (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,112

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.12.90 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 6 5 . 6 8 . 11 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin GEEL by 29 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 4 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 4 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
37 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 4 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
38 MacNeil, Colin ? ? 4 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 1 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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