Western Bulldogs
"In actuality, Footscray in the 1950s was gradually assembling its greatest array of talent ever, and an inability to perform under pressure was certainly never an issue for players like Herb Henderson, Jack Collins, Charlie Sutton or Ted Whitten ... Collins, the VFL's top goalkicker in 1954 and 1957, was arguably Footscray's greatest ever full forward; Sutton, although best remembered as a highly accomplished back pocket player, was capable of playing almost anywhere, and indeed jointly topped the club's goalkicking list in 1951. Whitten, of course, was simply incomparable..."
John Devaney extols the virtues of the blue-collar Bulldogs, Footscray - the team of the mighty west.
1966 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Footscray's 1966 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1966-04-25 1 | H | Footscray | 1.0 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 75 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.3 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 87 | -12 | WES | 1966-04-25 Apr 25 (Mon, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-04-30 2 | A | Footscray | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.12 | 5.17 | 47 | LOST | Richmond | 1.7 | 5.10 | 10.13 | 17.15 | 117 | -70 | MCG | 1966-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-05-07 3 | A | Footscray | 2.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 46 | LOST | Geelong | 2.4 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 12.14 | 86 | -40 | KAR | 1966-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-05-14 4 | H | Footscray | 4.1 | 5.2 | 11.12 | 12.12 | 84 | WON | Fitzroy | 0.0 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 5.16 | 46 | 38 | WES | 1966-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-05-21 5 | H | Footscray | 4.1 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 10.10 | 70 | WON | Hawthorn | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 4.10 | 34 | 36 | WES | 1966-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-05-28 6 | A | Footscray | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | Carlton | 0.5 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 11.13 | 79 | -33 | PRI | 1966-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-06-04 7 | H | Footscray | 3.4 | 3.5 | 5.10 | 6.12 | 48 | LOST | Collingwood | 1.4 | 4.12 | 7.15 | 8.20 | 68 | -20 | WES | 1966-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-06-11 8 | H | Footscray | 0.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 71 | WON | Melbourne | 3.1 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 50 | 21 | WES | 1966-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-06-18 9 | A | Footscray | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.13 | 37 | LOST | Essendon | 1.3 | 4.9 | 7.12 | 9.17 | 71 | -34 | WIN | 1966-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-06-25 10 | H | Footscray | 3.6 | 3.8 | 7.17 | 8.19 | 67 | WON | South Melbourne | 0.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 55 | 12 | WES | 1966-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-07-02 11 | A | Footscray | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.10 | 7.12 | 54 | LOST | St. Kilda | 6.3 | 9.8 | 14.11 | 15.15 | 105 | -51 | MOO | 1966-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-07-16 12 | A | Footscray | 3.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 42 | LOST | North Melbourne | 1.5 | 4.9 | 7.13 | 10.15 | 75 | -33 | ARD | 1966-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-07-23 13 | H | Footscray | 1.0 | 4.7 | 4.10 | 7.15 | 57 | LOST | Richmond | 6.3 | 8.5 | 11.14 | 11.16 | 82 | -25 | WES | 1966-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-07-30 14 | H | Footscray | 2.4 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 51 | LOST | Geelong | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 10.11 | 71 | -20 | WES | 1966-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-08-06 15 | A | Footscray | 3.2 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 13.11 | 89 | LOST | Fitzroy | 4.5 | 8.9 | 9.14 | 13.17 | 95 | -6 | BWS | 1966-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-08-13 16 | A | Footscray | 2.3 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 9.13 | 67 | LOST | Hawthorn | 3.0 | 9.3 | 13.5 | 18.11 | 119 | -52 | GLE | 1966-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-08-20 17 | H | Footscray | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 25 | LOST | Carlton | 1.3 | 5.9 | 9.13 | 12.14 | 86 | -61 | WES | 1966-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966-08-27 18 | A | Footscray | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.10 | 28 | LOST | Collingwood | 4.6 | 7.12 | 14.17 | 18.24 | 132 | -104 | VIC | 1966-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1966 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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9 | Beattie, Barrie | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 14 | ||
6 | Bisset, George | 12 | 231 | 19.3 | 56 | 4.7 | 287 | 23.9 | 29 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 1.0 | 21 | 93 | ||
20 | Bradley, John | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 23 | 2.6 | 130 | 14.4 | 37 | 4.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 6 | 24 | ||
5 | Bryant, Ian | 16 | 188 | 11.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 190 | 11.9 | 51 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | Burgess, Ted | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 5 | 1.0 | 59 | 11.8 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | Chalmers, Graeme | 13 | 159 | 12.2 | 17 | 1.3 | 176 | 13.5 | 27 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 31 | 4 | 0.3 | 10 | 34 | ||
24 | Charles, John | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 13 | 1.9 | 64 | 9.1 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 21 | ||
10 | Cook, Graeme | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 9 | 1.5 | 59 | 9.8 | 19 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 6 | 30 | ||
15 | Darcy, David | 17 | 208 | 12.2 | 23 | 1.4 | 231 | 13.6 | 80 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 0.2 | 6 | 30 | ||
32 | Dark, Gary | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 20 | ||
18 | Delmenico, Kevin | 14 | 175 | 12.5 | 16 | 1.1 | 191 | 13.6 | 55 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.7 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 12 | ||
35 | Dowd, Greg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | Fanning, Frank | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 13.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
28 | Fincher, Noel | 16 | 192 | 12.0 | 5 | 0.3 | 197 | 12.3 | 51 | 3.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 26 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | Gray, Bob | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
17 | Hunter, Alan | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 19 | 6.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 8 | ||
7 | Jackman, Kevin | 18 | 226 | 12.6 | 21 | 1.2 | 247 | 13.7 | 32 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 31 | 28 | 1.6 | 21 | 189 | ||
25 | Jillard, John | 14 | 195 | 13.9 | 11 | 0.8 | 206 | 14.7 | 59 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | Mannix, Alan | 14 | 140 | 10.0 | 13 | 0.9 | 153 | 10.9 | 40 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 12 | ||
33 | Marsh, Ivan | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 18 | 1.6 | 76 | 6.9 | 21 | 1.9 | 10 | 0.9 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 21 | ||
37 | McGhie, Joe | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | McGowan, Ron | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 9 | 0.9 | 158 | 15.8 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | McKenzie, Don | 16 | 269 | 16.8 | 36 | 2.3 | 305 | 19.1 | 56 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0.4 | 11 | 47 | ||
19 | Merrington, Gary | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 10 | 0.8 | 109 | 8.4 | 22 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 0.6 | 12 | 60 | ||
23 | O'Connor, Rod | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 23 | 7.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
26 | Patterson, Dallas | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 32 | 10.7 | 8 | 2.7 | 17 | 5.7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | Peters, Garry | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | Pleitner, Bryan | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 13 | 0.9 | 104 | 6.9 | 21 | 1.4 | 54 | 3.9 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 0.3 | 8 | 38 | ||
2 | Prior, Doug | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 9 | 1.1 | 66 | 8.3 | 29 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 10 | 94 | ||
32 | Reilly, John | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 6 | 0.8 | 63 | 7.9 | 16 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
9 | Sandilands, Laurie | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 32 | 5.3 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | Schultz, John | 18 | 251 | 13.9 | 37 | 2.1 | 288 | 16.0 | 113 | 6.3 | 384 | 22.6 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 15 | ||
21 | Shanahan, Peter | 14 | 164 | 11.7 | 32 | 2.3 | 196 | 14.0 | 39 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
36 | Spargo, Ricky | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 34 | 11.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 9 | ||
4 | Stevens, Kevin | 14 | 102 | 7.3 | 19 | 1.4 | 121 | 8.6 | 52 | 3.7 | 126 | 9.7 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0.6 | 7 | 61 | ||
16 | Thorpe, David | 13 | 144 | 11.1 | 20 | 1.5 | 164 | 12.6 | 36 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 0.6 | 9 | 57 | ||
34 | Vosilaitis, Algy | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 21 | 7.0 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | ||
3 | Whitten Snr, Ted | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 33 | 2.4 | 203 | 14.5 | 73 | 5.2 | 4 | 0.3 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 0.9 | 19 | 97 | ||
1 | Zeuschner, Murray | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 41 | 4.1 | 135 | 13.5 | 35 | 3.5 | 25 | 2.8 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 360 | 3906 | 10.9 | 512 | 1.4 | 4418 | 12.3 | 1110 | 3.1 | 664 | 1.8 | 569 | 558 | 136 | 0.4 | 181 | 997 |