1966 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1966 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. John Hayes captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Fitzroy (13.17.95) defeated Footscray (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 8,939

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 13.17.95 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 5 8 . 9 9 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin FITZ by 9 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Hayes
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
50 Aspinall, Dennis ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 2
13 Bahen, John ? ? 4 4 20 18 2 1 0 3 1
29 Booth, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 4
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 27 1 4
12 Calverley, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
39 Carey, George ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 Cobain, Rod ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 2 1 2 0
14 Cromarty, Russell ? ? 1 4 13 11 2 5 0 0 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 2
18 Ellis, Kingsley ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 3
15 Hayes, John (c) ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 2 0 2 2
48 Hodgson, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 6 2 3
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 4 0 12 8 4 4 1 1 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 2 0 0 0
51 Oakley, Kevin ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 0 2 3 0
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 3 1 2 3
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 3 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 17 260 212 48 41 41 32 26

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 2 0 3 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 11 0 0 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 6 0 3 4
24 Charles, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 7 0 0 5
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 0
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 0
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 4 1 14 14 0 3 0 3 4
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 3 3
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 0 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 1
26 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 10 3 3
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 10 22 1 2
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 3
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 7 12 0 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 6 5 13 13 0 8 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 246 219 27 70 44 26 32

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