1959 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1959 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Melbourne
Brownlow Medallist(s): Verdun Howell (St Kilda), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist(s): Ron Evans (Essendon)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Melbourne (P) 1st 13 -1- 4 142.7% Bob Johnson (10) Ron Barassi (40)
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 5 109.3% Graham Donaldson (11) Serge Silvagni (39)
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 6 121.6% Ray Gabelich, Bill Serong (14) Murray Weideman (34)
Essendon (R) 4th 11 -0- 7 112.4% Hugh Mitchell (14) Ron Evans (69)
Fitzroy 5th 10 -1- 7 113.5% Owen Abrahams, Ian Aston (8) Kevin Wright (43)
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 89.3% Allen Aylett (8) Peter Schofield (47)
Hawthorn 7th 9 -0- 9 112.7% Colin Youren (9) Garry Young (35)
St Kilda 8th 9 -0- 9 94.3% Verdun Howell (20) Bill Young (45)
South Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 10 103.4% Bob Skilton (20) Bob Skilton (60)
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 13 78.5% Ron Hovey (12) Fred Wooller (27)
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 14 73.9% Ron Branton, Ron McDonald, Col Saddington (7) Bob Dummett (45)
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 15 73.3% Ted Whitten (14) Ray Baxter (35)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 9
Goal Umpire 3
Boundary Umpire 4

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 70 - 117 25,000
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 63 - 86 17,200
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 98 - 84 31,000
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 69 - 49 27,600
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 60 - 101 40,125
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 131 - 120 20,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 92 - 79 53,342
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 123 - 84 14,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 55 - 104 29,436
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 123 - 87 19,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 99 - 83 27,250
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 108 - 80 15,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 74 20,000
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 71 - 96 13,500
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 62 - 94 33,903
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 65 - 52 30,200
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 63 - 58 13,600
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 58 - 102 17,417

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 131 - 66 24,438
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 90 - 80 16,112
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 101 - 61 24,500
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 62 - 77 22,500
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 91 - 64 30,360
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 128 - 97 25,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 73 - 61 36,120
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 84 - 54 18,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 81 - 77 21,500
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 113 - 86 19,475
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 76 - 73 15,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 98 - 79 24,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 76 - 129 16,736
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 75 - 83 28,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 94 22,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 83 - 106 23,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 66 - 96 20,700
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 112 - 71 24,740

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 101 - 56 27,829
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 94 - 61 20,427
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 99 - 71 41,985
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 101 - 85 23,000
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 87 - 80 20,200
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 93 - 63 14,500

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 40 - 30 17,632
SAT 13/06/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 37 - 63 11,523
SAT 13/06/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 84 - 54 12,500
MON 15/06/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 129 - 56 52,880
MON 15/06/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 79 - 88 23,108
MON 15/06/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 109 - 53 29,500

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 52 - 77 17,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 95 - 58 15,650
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 95 - 105 33,159
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 59 - 96 23,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 86 - 81 13,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 96 - 68 13,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 76 - 77 23,800
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 93 - 75 14,150
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 139 - 73 26,000
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 97 - 92 15,500
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 73 - 106 21,000
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 63 25,149

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 128 - 46 31,253
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 118 - 84 16,600
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 111 - 66 27,668
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 134 - 69 17,000
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 53 - 73 15,801
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 75 - 74 24,502

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 88 - 51 21,979
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 76 - 63 10,000
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 100 - 60 28,000
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 75 - 86 16,189
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 45 - 85 40,000
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 61 - 67 15,500

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 94 - 91 30,343
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 100 - 91 10,072
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 63 - 47 13,271
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 85 - 71 18,100
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 67 17,054
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 104 - 76 8,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 77 - 77 29,420
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 87 - 43 12,140
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 57 - 68 41,581
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 79 - 62 20,000
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 75 - 85 17,500
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 99 - 52 10,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 80 - 71 12,549
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 47 14,488
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 84 - 104 16,000
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 74 - 110 18,500
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 90 - 65 29,176
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 62 - 63 13,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 92 - 47 53,479
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 81 - 106 15,076
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 71 - 35 12,000
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 76 - 85 14,100
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 53 14,774
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 119 - 40 23,856

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 120 - 66 21,646
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 98 - 96 18,720
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 74 - 54 30,000
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 123 - 97 14,500
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 42 - 134 12,500
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 35 - 65 33,960

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 61 - 76 22,500
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 38 - 121 21,822
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 59 - 86 23,200
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 74 - 117 29,629
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 132 - 90 18,523
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 73 - 116 12,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 62 - 100 86,198

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1959 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 81 - 37 72,822

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 50 - 57 65,896

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1959 2:50 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 115 - 78 103,506