1965 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1965 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round two of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ralph Rogerson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (8.6.54) were defeated by Fitzroy (9.4.58).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 24 April 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,998

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 8.6.54 - 9.4.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 2 . 5 6 . 6 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Fitzroy 1 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 4 9 . 4 (58)
Margin FOOT by 10 FITZ by 21 FOOT by 2 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Blew

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
35 Barr, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 1 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 1 2 0
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 3 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 3 0
24 Charles, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 1 0
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0
29 Gray, Bob ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 3 1 0
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 3 0 21 19 2 1 6 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 3 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 3 1 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 2 1
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 2 1
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 3 1 0
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 2 0
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 1 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 4 3 1
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 6 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 6 224 198 26 49 40 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 1 3 0
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 6 1 4
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 2 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 3 4
17 Calverley, Graham ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 1 4
25 Fitzgerald, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 3 1
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 1 0
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 0 2 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 4 0 10 7 3 4 1 0
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 1 1
8 Lynch, Bob ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 2 4
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1
33 McRae, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3
14 Miers, Max ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 3 7
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 0 7 6
4 O'Mara, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0
1 Rogerson, Ralph (c) ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 5 2 3
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 0 5 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 4 232 204 28 45 37 43

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

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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6.6.42 - 6.4.40 ??:??
Q4 unknown goal ?.6.? - ?.4.? ??:??
unknown goal ?.6.? - ?.4.? ??:??
unknown goal ?.6.? - ?.4.? ??:??
unknown goal ?.6.? - ?.4.? ??:??
unknown goal 8.6.54 - 9.4.58 ??:??