1959 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 121.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Ray Gabelich, Bill Serong (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Murray Weideman (34)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Thorold Merrett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Tuck

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beers, Brian #20 19 R01-R18, SF 28
Bennett, Ken #33 10 R01-R02, R05-R12 5
Brewer, Ian #6 17 R03-R18, SF 33
Burns, Keith #19 4 R01-R04 4
Carmody, John #39 11 R06-R11, R13, R16-R18, SF 2
Delanty, Mike #5 17 R01-R16, R18 6
Dixon, Don #30 5 R03-R07 0
Donegan, Barry #8 2 R04, R12 0
Dorman, Brian #35 7 R01, R13-R14, R16-R18, SF 9
Fellowes, Graeme #28 12 R01-R02, R04-R05, R09-R16 2
Gabelich, Ray #13 16 R01, R04-R11, R13-R18, SF 1
Gray, Brian #4 6 R01-R03, R16, R18, SF 2
Greve, Bob #7 3 R02-R03, R07 1
Harrison, Barry #32 18 R02-R18, SF 7
Hayes, Peter #24 1 R09 0
Healy, Kevin #27 2 R05-R06 1
Henderson, John #10 16 R01-R03, R07-R18, SF 4
Hicks, Merv #41 4 R06-R08, R12 7
Hutchesson, Errol #12 14 R04-R05, R07-R15, R17-R18, SF 12
Kingston, Ron #9 14 R01-R04, R08, R11-R18, SF 0
Lucas, Peter #3 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF 0
Merrett, Thorold #17 18 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF 27
Millar, Eddie #21 3 R05-R07 1
Murnane, Ray #45 2 R15-R16 0
O'Dwyer, Ron #36 8 R05, R08, R12-R17 3
Powell, John #45 1 R03 0
Reeves, Ron #16 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Rose, Kevin #14 3 R01, R09-R10 0
Serong, Bill #22 19 R01-R18, SF 4
Sharp, Lerrel #29 2 R02-R03 0
Sullivan, Harry #26 17 R01-R10, R13-R18, SF 0
Thripp, Bill #23 12 R04-R13, R18, SF 2
Tuck, Frank #1 14 R01, R06-R15, R17-R18, SF 0
Turner, Ken #11 14 R01-R02, R04-R06, R10-R17, SF 8
Twomey, Mick #25 14 R01-R06, R08, R11-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF 5
Weideman, Murray #2 15 R01-R04, R09-R18, SF 36
Wickes, Alan #37 3 R02-R03, R17 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)
Kyne, Phonse 19 12 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 41 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
02/05/1959 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 13 Phonse Kyne unknown
09/05/1959 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 32 Phonse Kyne unknown
16/05/1959 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 27 Phonse Kyne unknown
23/05/1959 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 Phonse Kyne unknown
30/05/1959 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 41 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
06/06/1959 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 33 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
13/06/1959 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 10 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
27/06/1959 Round 9 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 37 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
04/07/1959 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 21 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
11/07/1959 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 1 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
18/07/1959 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 40 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
25/07/1959 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 3 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
01/08/1959 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 11 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
08/08/1959 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 25 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
15/08/1959 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 79 Phonse Kyne unknown
22/08/1959 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 30 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
29/08/1959 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 83 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck
05/09/1959 Semi Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 38 Phonse Kyne Frank Tuck