1958 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 123.7%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): John Beckwith (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Athol Webb (42)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Laurie Mithen

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Beckwith
Vice-Captain(s): Ron Barassi

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Frank #6, #17 13 R04-R14, SF, GF 13
Barassi, Ron #31, #2 18 R03-R18, SF, GF 44
Beckwith, John #30, #1 18 R01-R11, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Brenchley, Peter #38, #6 3 R01-R02, GF 1
Carroll, Keith #19, #11 9 R01, R12-R17, SF, GF 0
Case, Geoff #7 19 R01-R18, SF 12
Cook, Peter #21 1 R09 0
Crameri, Ben #22 1 R03 0
Crompton, Neil #12, #25 8 R01-R02, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF, GF 8
Dixon, Brian #9, #16 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 2
Fenton-Smith, Dick #1, #4 19 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF, GF 0
Gleeson, Terry #28, #14 5 R01-R03, R13, GF 0
Johnson, Bob #16, #8 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 41
Johnson, Trevor #14, #3 18 R01-R11, R14-R18, SF, GF 3
Jones, Dennis #27 16 R01-R12, R14-R16, R18 0
Kerr, John #22 1 R15 2
Laidlaw, Clyde #35 14 R01-R04, R06-R11, R16-R18, SF 4
Lord, John #4 11 R02-R05, R10-R16 1
Marquis, Peter #3, #7 13 R04, R06-R08, R12-R18, SF, GF 0
McLean, Ian #5, #15 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 8
Mithen, Kevin #18 3 R07, R17-R18 0
Mithen, Laurie #11, #19 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Pinfold, Graeme #20 3 R01, R12-R13 0
Ridley, Ian #24, #23 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 39
Rowarth, Alan #2 10 R03, R05-R06, R08-R13, R16 3
Thorogood, Ian #26, #20 13 R02-R10, R17-R18, SF, GF 0
Tunbridge, Geoff #23, #24 18 R01-R15, R18, SF, GF 19
Turner, Bob #10 7 R11-R17 2
Webb, Athol #15, #5 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 44
Wilkinson, Graeme #17 1 R05 0
Williams, Don #25, #12 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Wilson, Colin #33, #10 18 R01-R13, R16-R18, SF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: John Beckwith Peter Marquis Colin Wilson
Half-Back: Ian Thorogood Don Williams Keith Carroll
Centre: Brian Dixon Laurie Mithen Ian McLean
Half-Forward: Geoff Tunbridge Trevor Johnson Peter Brenchley
Forward: Bob Johnson Athol Webb Frank Adams
Follower: Dick Fenton-Smith Ron Barassi Ian Ridley
Interchange: Neil Crompton Terry Gleeson

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)
Smith, Norm 20 16 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/04/1958 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 14 Norm Smith John Beckwith
19/04/1958 Round 2 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 68 Norm Smith John Beckwith
26/04/1958 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Norm Smith John Beckwith
03/05/1958 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 8 Norm Smith John Beckwith
10/05/1958 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 15 Norm Smith John Beckwith
17/05/1958 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 1 Norm Smith John Beckwith
24/05/1958 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 23 Norm Smith John Beckwith
31/05/1958 Round 8 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 7 Norm Smith John Beckwith
07/06/1958 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 32 Norm Smith John Beckwith
16/06/1958 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 11 Norm Smith John Beckwith
21/06/1958 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 41 Norm Smith John Beckwith
28/06/1958 Round 12 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Norm Smith Ron Barassi
19/07/1958 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 34 Norm Smith Ron Barassi
26/07/1958 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 9 Norm Smith John Beckwith
02/08/1958 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 8 Norm Smith John Beckwith
09/08/1958 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 3 Norm Smith John Beckwith
16/08/1958 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 50 Norm Smith John Beckwith
23/08/1958 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 19 Norm Smith John Beckwith
06/09/1958 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 45 Norm Smith John Beckwith
20/09/1958 Grand Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 18 Norm Smith John Beckwith