1959 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 89.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Allen Aylett (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Schofield (47)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Allen Aylett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Brady

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Noel #38 1 R01 0
Aylett, Allen #17 16 R01-R11, R13-R17 28
Brady, John #20 13 R01-R11, R16, R18 1
Cahill, Brian #1 1 R03 0
Carr, Alan #30 10 R01-R04, R12-R17 6
Cheatley, Barry #37 2 R05-R06 0
Cooke, Mick #15 11 R04, R06, R10-R18 2
Dean, Ken #9 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 0
Doolan, Neil #12 11 R01-R05, R13-R18 0
Dow, Peter #11 11 R01-R11 7
Dugdale, John #6 13 R01-R13 25
Eastmure, Gerald #14 18 R01-R18 24
Edwards, Jack #35 15 R01-R11, R13-R16 0
English, Garry #4 8 R01-R02, R07-R10, R12-R13 0
Fyffe, Ken #18 6 R11-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 0
Galle, Frank #41 13 R06-R18 1
Gaudion, Michael #29 15 R01, R05-R18 8
Jenkins, John #39 7 R12-R18 3
Little, Jim #3 7 R03-R05, R07, R15-R17 2
Macquire, Fred #40 2 R17-R18 0
Mantello, Albert #7 11 R01-R04, R06-R12 9
McCabe, Bill #47 7 R09-R10, R12-R14, R16-R17 0
McKindlay, Rod #23 1 R18 0
McMahon, Kevin #21 15 R01-R11, R13-R15, R18 0
Mercer, Warren #28 1 R12 0
Mills, Ron #13 5 R12, R14-R17 0
O'Brien, Jock #36 16 R02, R04-R18 0
Palmer, Don #8 10 R01-R03, R08-R09, R14-R18 9
Poole, Robin #31 12 R03-R13, R18 0
Ritchie, Max #1 8 R01-R06, R08, R11 0
Schofield, Peter #33 16 R02, R04-R18 47
Stephenson, Frank #16 17 R01-R17 5
Teasdale, Noel #2 10 R01-R09, R18 8
Turner, Brian #34 18 R01-R18 0
Waddington, John #32 12 R01-R05, R12-R18 2
Wiltshire, Bob #22 4 R07, R10-R11, R18 1

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)
Carter, Wally 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 23 Wally Carter John Brady
02/05/1959 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 28 Wally Carter John Brady
09/05/1959 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 5 Wally Carter John Brady
16/05/1959 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 15 Wally Carter John Brady
23/05/1959 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 3 Wally Carter John Brady
30/05/1959 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 30 Wally Carter John Brady
06/06/1959 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 28 Wally Carter John Brady
13/06/1959 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 30 Wally Carter John Brady
27/06/1959 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 28 Wally Carter John Brady
04/07/1959 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 Wally Carter John Brady
11/07/1959 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 82 Wally Carter John Brady
18/07/1959 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 13 Wally Carter unknown
25/07/1959 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 28 Wally Carter unknown
01/08/1959 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 10 Wally Carter unknown
08/08/1959 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 36 Wally Carter unknown
15/08/1959 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 30 Wally Carter John Brady
22/08/1959 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 92 Wally Carter unknown
29/08/1959 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 27 Wally Carter John Brady