1959 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 78.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Hovey (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Wooller (27)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Colin Rice

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Neil Trezise

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bartle, Bruce #7 6 R06-R08, R13-R15 8
Barton, Colin #9 9 R01-R02, R09-R10, R12-R16 0
Borrack, Les #14 17 R02-R18 2
Boulton, Tony #38 1 R18 0
Brown, Clive #32 16 R01-R02, R04-R14, R16-R18 0
Cook, Bill #16 14 R01-R06, R09-R11, R13-R17 23
Cougle, Barry #13 10 R01-R05, R09-R10, R14-R15, R17 0
Earnshaw, Hugh #6 2 R07-R08 0
Ferrari, Bruce #18 5 R01-R02, R11-R13 3
Gazzard, Bob #23 14 R01-R13, R18 1
Goggin, Bill #35 10 R01, R09, R11-R18 4
Goggin, Matt #1 13 R04, R07-R18 0
Goodland, Ken #22 5 R11-R12, R15, R17-R18 3
Harrison, Stan #25 7 R01-R03, R06, R12-R14 1
Haygarth, John #10 11 R01-R08, R11-R12, R15 11
Helmer, John #36 16 R01-R08, R10-R17 7
Hovey, Ron #12 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 3
Long, Doug #5 14 R01-R07, R11-R17 12
Lord, Alistair #4 3 R03-R05 1
Major, Greg #19 5 R08-R12 0
Mather, Dale #4 4 R08-R10, R12 0
McGrath, George #33 16 R01, R04-R18 0
Moran, Gavan #8 1 R03 0
Mundy, Fred #27 4 R03, R07-R09 0
Murray, Ron #49 1 R18 0
Nicholls, Eric #2 7 R02-R06, R08-R09 0
O'Connell, John #20 5 R01-R02, R05-R07 0
O'Neill, John #17 9 R02-R03, R06-R10, R15-R16 5
Palmer, Clif #39 2 R01-R02 0
Peake, Bruce #30 2 R16-R17 0
Perry, Alex #11 3 R15-R16, R18 0
Pomeroy, Frank #26 11 R07, R09-R18 9
Rice, Colin #15 18 R01-R18 7
Routley, Hugh #45 2 R17-R18 0
Sharp, Brian #50 1 R18 0
Smith, Ron #37 4 R03-R06 0
Thomas, John #31 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 5
Trezise, Neil #28 15 R01, R03-R07, R10-R18 26
Van T'Hag, Ron #21 2 R14-R15 0
Vinar, Paul #8 11 R08-R18 4
Williams, Geoff #21 3 R01, R04-R05 0
Wooller, Fred #3 11 R02-R08, R10, R16-R18 27
Yeates, John #40 18 R01-R18 20

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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)
Hickey, Reg 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 23 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
02/05/1959 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 39 Reg Hickey unknown
09/05/1959 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN GEE by 25 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
16/05/1959 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 10 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
23/05/1959 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 30 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
30/05/1959 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 53 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
06/06/1959 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
15/06/1959 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 9 Reg Hickey unknown
27/06/1959 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 37 Reg Hickey unknown
04/07/1959 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 18 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
11/07/1959 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 34 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
18/07/1959 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 13 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
25/07/1959 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 9 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
01/08/1959 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 44 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
08/08/1959 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 34 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
15/08/1959 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 25 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
22/08/1959 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 54 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise
29/08/1959 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 83 Reg Hickey Neil Trezise