1959 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1959 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (12.8.80) defeated Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,549

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 12.8.80 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 8 . 3 11 . 5 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 6 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Beamish, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 2 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
27 Edwards, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
27 Moloney, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Payne, Kelvin ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 3 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 3 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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