1959 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1959 between Essendon and Footscray during round seven of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (15.11.101) defeated Footscray (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.11.101 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Footscray 1 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 12 FOOT by 2 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Barber, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
20 Burt, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dellar, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 6 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
24 Parks, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 6 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Fleming, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 3 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
34 Long, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Slattery, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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