1960 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1960 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Footscray (4.6.30) were defeated by Fitzroy (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 August 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,013

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 4.6.30 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 3 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 4 . 6 4 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin FOOT by 7 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
37 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Devery, Terry ? ? 0 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 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 ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
53 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 6

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Hill, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 1 ?
39 Wicks, Brian ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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