1959 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1959 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round eight of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Frank Tuck captained the visitors with, in the absence of Murray Weideman, deputy vice-captain Thorold Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Fitzroy (5.10.40) defeated Collingwood (3.12.30).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 13 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,632

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 5.10.40 - 3.12.30

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 3 0 . 4 2 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Collingwood 1 . 1 2 . 4 2 . 8 3 . 12 3 . 12 (30)
Margin COLL by 4 COLL by 12 level FITZ by 10 FITZ by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Collingwood

Captain: Frank Tuck
Vice-Captain: Thorold Merrett (acting)
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
21 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 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 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Wilson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Beers, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 Bennett, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Brewer, Ian ? ? 1 ?
39 Carmody, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Delanty, Mike ? ? 0 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Harrison, Barry ? ? 0 ?
10 Henderson, John ? ? 0 ?
41 Hicks, Merv ? ? 0 ?
12 Hutchesson, Errol ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold (avc) ? ? 0 ?
36 O'Dwyer, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeves, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Thripp, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Tuck, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 12

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