1960 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1960 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round five of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Fitzroy (11.9.75) defeated Footscray (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 May 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,102

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 11.9.75 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Footscray 0 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin FITZ by 18 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 39 FITZ by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 4 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 2 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 McMaster-Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 2 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
37 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 2 ?
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 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Kent, Reg ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Slattery, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 6

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