1959 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1959 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Footscray (6.17.53) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,801

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 6.17.53 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 6 3 . 10 4 . 16 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Fitzroy 0 . 1 2 . 7 2 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 21 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gehrig, Phil ? ? 2 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
34 Long, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 1 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 17

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
21 Cunningham, Matt ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 1 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Hill, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 6 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
34 Russell, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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