1960 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1960 between Essendon and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (14.11.95) defeated Footscray (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 August 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 14.11.95 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 7 . 5 8 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Footscray 1 . 4 5 . 7 6 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Barber, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 4 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 2 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 3 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
37 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 1 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Howard, Ian ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
48 Oates, Max ? ? 1 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
53 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
21 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

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