1959 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1959 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Neil Trezise captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Fitzroy (11.15.81) defeated Geelong (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 14,488

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 11.15.81 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 1 5 . 7 6 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Geelong 1 . 5 1 . 6 3 . 10 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin GEEL by 10 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 3 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 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 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 2 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 3 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Perry, Alex ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Van T'Hag, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 11

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