1959 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1959 between Footscray and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (10.14.74) were defeated by Essendon (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 29,629

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 6 . 10 7 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 8 . 2 10 . 4 15 . 10 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin ESSE by 35 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Anderson, Lyall ? ? 0 ?
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Brereton, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 1 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
38 Prior, Brian ? ? 3 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
47 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 3 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 3 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 15

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