1959 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-1-7, P%: 113.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Owen Abrahams, Ian Aston (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kevin Wright (43)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Ron Harvey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alan Gale

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 40
Aston, Ian #6 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 5
Barclay, Brian #31 8 R01-R02, R13-R18 5
Bromage, Keith #37 5 R01-R02, R07-R09 8
Campbell, Graham #20 18 R01-R18 19
Clark, Wally #7 12 R01-R04, R09, R12-R18 3
Cunningham, Matt #21 8 R05, R07-R11, R14-R15 0
Davey, Colin #11 1 R16 0
Furness, Don #30 13 R01-R09, R12-R13, R17-R18 3
Gale, Alan #33 16 R01, R03-R06, R08-R18 0
Gotch, Graham #4 18 R01-R18 24
Harvey, Ron #19 18 R01-R18 4
Henderson, Bob #23 18 R01-R18 0
Hill, Geoff #15 12 R07-R18 0
Hughson, Les #8 7 R03-R04, R12-R16 0
Jones, Ken #17 6 R01-R06 0
Knight, Graham #1 14 R05-R18 3
Lynch, Allen #11 9 R06-R11, R13, R15-R16 2
MacKenzie, Graeme #29 18 R01-R18 0
MacNeil, Colin #38 5 R02-R06 7
Murray, Kevin #2 18 R01-R18 0
Ongarello, Tony #5 13 R01-R02, R05-R12, R14-R15, R18 24
Pert, Brian #3 7 R03-R04, R12-R14, R17-R18 1
Pigot, Barrie #25 5 R03-R04, R06-R07, R12 0
Ross, Ken #22 18 R01-R18 4
Russell, Les #34 3 R07, R10-R11 0
Slocum, Ray #27 14 R01-R04, R09-R18 7
Vernon, Rod #9 4 R10-R12, R17 1
Webb, Keith #12 3 R05, R16, R18 1
Wiegard, Keith #18 9 R01-R08, R17 4
Williams, Vin #10 7 R01-R02, R05-R06, R10-R12 1
Wilson, Alan #26 2 R07-R08 2
Wright, Kevin #13 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 43

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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)
Smith, Len 18 10 -1- 7 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 11 Len Smith Alan Gale
02/05/1959 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 16 Len Smith unknown
09/05/1959 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 13 Len Smith Alan Gale
16/05/1959 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 10 Len Smith Alan Gale
23/05/1959 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Len Smith Alan Gale
30/05/1959 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 19 Len Smith Alan Gale
06/06/1959 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 Len Smith unknown
13/06/1959 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 10 Len Smith Alan Gale
27/06/1959 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 5 Len Smith Alan Gale
04/07/1959 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 66 Len Smith Alan Gale
11/07/1959 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 20 Len Smith Alan Gale
18/07/1959 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 6 Len Smith Alan Gale
25/07/1959 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 30 Len Smith Alan Gale
01/08/1959 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Len Smith Alan Gale
08/08/1959 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 34 Len Smith Alan Gale
15/08/1959 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 30 Len Smith Alan Gale
22/08/1959 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 20 Len Smith Alan Gale
29/08/1959 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 42 Len Smith Alan Gale