1958 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 111.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Johnny Birt, Jack Clarke, Jeff Gamble (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Johnny Birt (31)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Jack Clarke

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Birt, Johnny #11 18 R01-R18 31
Booth, Stan #2 8 R01-R08 14
Box, Bill #20 9 R02-R03, R08-R12, R16, R18 4
Burgess, Reg #18 16 R01-R04, R06-R17 2
Clarke, Jack #1 18 R01-R18 3
Clarkson, Jack #29 3 R10-R12 0
Donohoe, Brian #26 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 5
Driscoll, Frank #16 3 R01, R03, R16 1
Elliott, Trevor #19 6 R01-R04, R06-R07 1
Epis, Alec #28 10 R03-R05, R12-R18 1
Evans, Ron #8 10 R05, R09-R15, R17-R18 27
Fraser, Ken #23 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 3
Gallagher, Fred #13 11 R01-R02, R04-R09, R14-R15, R17 16
Gamble, Jeff #22 18 R01-R18 0
Gluyas, Bob #38 1 R03 1
Green, Kevin #37 2 R01, R06 0
Hebbard, Col #4 12 R01-R05, R10-R11, R13-R15, R17-R18 3
Knowles, Jack #21 6 R03-R05, R07-R09 0
Leek, Geoff #30 18 R01-R18 13
Mackie, Barry #32 1 R06 0
Mann, Lance #7 8 R11-R18 1
Mitchell, Hugh #31 13 R01-R02, R08-R18 19
Moloney, George #17 9 R09-R16, R18 13
Murdoch, Alby #15 17 R02-R18 0
Parks, Kevin #24 8 R01-R08 0
Pascoe, Mal #34 18 R01-R18 18
Peucker, Ken 7 R05-R08, R16-R18 3
Sewell, Greg #9 18 R01-R18 8
Shearman, Bob #35 15 R01-R03, R07-R18 2
Suter, Bob #5 1 R09 0
Timms, Ken #25 18 R01-R18 21
Towner, John #33 16 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R18 0
Webster, Eric #12 3 R10-R11, R13 0
Yeo, Alby #36 5 R04-R08 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Reynolds, Dick 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/04/1958 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 37 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
19/04/1958 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 38 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
26/04/1958 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 26 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
03/05/1958 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 18 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
10/05/1958 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 15 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
17/05/1958 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
24/05/1958 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 14 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
31/05/1958 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 15 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
07/06/1958 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
14/06/1958 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 51 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
21/06/1958 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 42 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
28/06/1958 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 15 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
19/07/1958 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 75 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
26/07/1958 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 32 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
02/08/1958 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
09/08/1958 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 3 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
16/08/1958 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 18 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
23/08/1958 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke