1960 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1960 between Footscray and Essendon during round four of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (4.2.26) were defeated by Essendon (4.11.35).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 May 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,302

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 4.2.26 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 2 . 1 3 . 2 4 . 2 4 . 2 (26)
Essendon 0 . 3 1 . 6 1 . 8 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 6 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gehrig, Phil ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Howard, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Howard, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Slattery, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 2

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Spero, George ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 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