1959 Round 8: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday, June 15th, 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,880
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 19.15.129 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 7 11 . 12 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin ESS by 2 MEL by 21 MEL by 36 MEL by 73 MEL by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): John Beckwith (Melbourne), Jack Clarke (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bill Barbour
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 5 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 19 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Burt, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
12 Dellar, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 2 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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