1964 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1964 between Footscray and Geelong during round eight of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. The hosts were coached by Bill Findlay and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Footscray (5.5.35) were defeated by Geelong (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 June 1964
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,654

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 5.5.35 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 5 5 . 5 (35)
Geelong 0 . 4 4 . 9 4 . 10 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin FOOT by 10 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Findlay (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 ?
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
24 Charles, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Coutts, Rod ? ? 1 ?
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Hunter, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 Ion, Barry ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Johnson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 5

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Brushfield, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 1 ?
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 ?
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
29 Routley, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

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