1966 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1966 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round four of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ralph Rogerson captained the visitors with John Hayes as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (12.12.84) defeated Fitzroy (5.16.46).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,672

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.12.84 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 5 . 2 11 . 12 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 1 . 11 1 . 11 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Margin FOOT by 25 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 61 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Vice-Captain: John Hayes
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 5 0 3 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 2
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 Charles, John ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 4 0 2 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 0
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 1 2 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 3 2 24 23 1 0 0 3 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 2 2 1 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
2 Prior, Doug ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 3 1 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 19 2 0
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 3
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 5 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 3 3 15 13 2 2 0 2 4
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 2 4
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 4 7 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 12 233 205 28 49 36 27 29

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 1 1
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
29 Booth, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 1 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 3 24 2 1
12 Calverley, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 2
38 Cole, Max ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 1 0 2 0
45 Corbett, Harry ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 11 3 3
14 Cromarty, Russell ? ? 0 3 9 9 0 3 0 1 0
8 Dawson, Trevor ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 1
37 Hackwill, Brendon ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 6 0 2
15 Hayes, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 2 0
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 2
21 Hepper, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 0 0 2 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 3 17 16 1 8 3 1 4
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 1 0 2 0
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 4
1 Rogerson, Ralph (c) ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 2
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 2 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 16 250 209 41 44 46 28 28

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