1959 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1959 between Footscray and St Kilda during round twelve of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Neil Roberts captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Joe Ryan and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Footscray (10.15.75) were defeated by St Kilda (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,189

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.15.75 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 6 5 . 7 9 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
St Kilda 2 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin FOOT by 20 STKL by 20 STKL by 2 STKL by 11 STKL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Joe Ryan (caretaker)

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 4 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gehrig, Phil ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 1 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
34 Long, Noel ? ? 1 ?
27 Moloney, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 1 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
16 Whittaker, Ike ? ? 1 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
43 Bowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
4 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
44 Kupsch, Ken ? ? 0 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 1 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 1 ?
38 Nowlan, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 3 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 3 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Stephenson, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 14

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