1960 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1960 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (8.7.55) defeated Essendon (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 May 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 25,632

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 8.7.55 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	0	.	1	2	.	3	4	.	5	8	.	7	8	.	7	(55)
Essendon	0	.	3	2	.	6	2	.	11	6	.	14	6	.	14	(50)
Margin	ESSE by 2			ESSE by 3			FITZ by 6			FITZ by 5			FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mance

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
11	Birt, Johnny	?	?	1	?
18	Burgess, Reg	?	?	0	?
12	Capuano, Barry	?	?	0	?
1	Clarke, Jack (c)	?	?	1	?
3	Dunlop, Bob	?	?	1	?
28	Epis, Alec	?	?	0	?
8	Evans, Ron	?	?	1	?
23	Fraser, Ken	?	?	1	?
22	Gamble, Jeff	?	?	0	?
4	Hebbard, Col	?	?	0	?
30	Leek, Geoff (vc)	?	?	0	?
16	Leydin, Graham	?	?	0	?
31	Mitchell, Hugh	?	?	1	?
15	Murdoch, Alby	?	?	0	?
29	Peucker, Ken	?	?	0	?
9	Sewell, Greg	?	?	0	?
5	Shaw, David	?	?	0	?
19	Somerville, John	?	?	0	?
21	Spero, George	?	?	0	?
25	Timms, Ken	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				6	14

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

Score Timeline

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Links

1960 VFL Season

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