1959 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 112.4%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Hugh Mitchell (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Evans (69)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Hugh Mitchell

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain(s): Geoff Leek

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barber, Geoff #6 3 R05-R07 0
Birt, Johnny #11 20 R02-R18, SF, PF, GF 27
Booth, Stan #2 3 R03-R04, R16 0
Burgess, Reg #18 19 R01-R04, R06, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Burt, Ian #20 4 R06-R09 0
Capuano, Barry #47 10 R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Clarke, Jack #1 19 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 19
Dellar, Kevin #12 5 R05-R09 0
Donohoe, Brian #26 7 R01-R05, R09, R11 0
Doran, Paul #36 8 R12-R18, SF 7
Epis, Alec #28 20 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Evans, Ron #8 20 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 78
Fraser, Ken #23 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Gamble, Jeff #22 4 R02-R04, R11 0
Hebbard, Col #4 20 R01-R04, R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Leek, Geoff #30 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 15
Leydin, Graham #16 16 R01-R13, SF, PF, GF 13
Mackie, Barry #32 16 R01-R04, R06, R08, R10-R16, R18, SF, GF 6
Mann, Lance #7 17 R01, R05-R18, SF, PF 0
Mitchell, Hugh #31 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 38
Moloney, George #17 5 R01-R02, R07, R10, R12 2
Murdoch, Alby #15 17 R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Nicolson, Don #14 5 R01-R05 2
Parks, Kevin #24 2 R05, R07 0
Peucker, Ken #29 8 R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 12
Sampson, Brian #34 18 R01, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Sewell, Greg #9 18 R01-R06, R08-R17, PF, GF 10
Shaw, David #5 19 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 8
Shearman, Bob #35 19 R01-R18, GF 1
Shelton, Ian #10 10 R05, R07, R09-R10, R14, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Timms, Ken #25 8 R01-R04, R10, R12-R13, PF 1
Towner, John #33 17 R01-R04, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 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 20 12 -0- 8 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF
Thaw, Alan 1 1 -0- 0 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 14 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
02/05/1959 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 36 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
09/05/1959 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
16/05/1959 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 15 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
23/05/1959 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 30 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
30/05/1959 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 19 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
06/06/1959 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 16 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
15/06/1959 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 73 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
27/06/1959 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 37 Dick Reynolds Geoff Leek
04/07/1959 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 5 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
11/07/1959 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 65 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
18/07/1959 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 40 Alan Thaw Geoff Leek
25/07/1959 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 14 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
01/08/1959 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 17 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
08/08/1959 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 36 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
15/08/1959 Round 16 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
22/08/1959 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 20 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
29/08/1959 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 43 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
05/09/1959 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 38 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
19/09/1959 Preliminary Final Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 7 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
26/09/1959 Grand Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 37 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke