1959 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1959 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Essendon (11.8.74) defeated Fitzroy (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.8.74 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 7 . 3 9 . 7 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Fitzroy 0 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
47 Capuano, Barry ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 1 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 5 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 8

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 2 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Hill, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
18 Wiegard, Keith ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

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