1959 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1959 between Footscray and Richmond during round eight of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Roy Wright captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Alan McDonald.

Footscray (4.13.37) were defeated by Richmond (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 13 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,523

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 4.13.37 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 6 1 . 10 4 . 12 4 . 13 4 . 13 (37)
Richmond 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 12 level RICH by 26 RICH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Richmond

Captain: Roy Wright
Coach: Alan McDonald

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 2 ?
27 Edwards, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
34 Long, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Slattery, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
44 Trusler, Wally ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 Clements, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Dummett, Bob ? ? 3 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 3 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
46 Hayes, Alan ? ? 1 ?
21 Holt, Colin ? ? 0 ?
39 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Morris, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Rees, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 Ward, Ken ? ? 0 ?
40 Wilson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

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