1959 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1959 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (11.9.75) were defeated by Essendon (12.22.94).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 11.9.75 - 12.22.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 7 . 5 10 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Essendon 3 . 8 4 . 13 7 . 15 12 . 22 12 . 22 (94)
Margin ESSE by 9 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 9 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 2 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
38 MacNeil, Colin ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 4 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Barber, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Burt, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Dellar, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 5 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 3 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 22

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