1959 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1959 between Geelong and Footscray during round ten of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Neil Trezise captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Geelong (13.15.93) defeated Footscray (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,150

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 13.15.93 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 4 5 . 9 11 . 10 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Footscray 2 . 3 4 . 7 8 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin FOOT by 11 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 0 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
4 Mather, Dale ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 8 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
36 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 3 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
34 Long, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 2 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 3 ?
16 Whittaker, Ike ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 15

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