1959 VFL Season Round 7: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1959 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

St Kilda (13.9.87) defeated Fitzroy (9.26.80).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,200

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.9.87 - 9.26.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Fitzroy 2 . 5 3 . 13 7 . 21 9 . 26 9 . 26 (80)
Margin STKL by 4 STKL by 10 STKL by 4 STKL by 7 STKL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
1 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Garlick, Leo ? ? 1 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 1 ?
48 McKay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 2 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 3 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Ross, Lester ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Stephenson, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Walton, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
21 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Hill, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 1 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
34 Russell, Les ? ? 0 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Alan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 26

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