1959 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 73.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Branton, Ron McDonald, Col Saddington (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Dummett (45)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Dave Cuzens

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Roy Wright

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allsopp, Ray #32 11 R01-R04, R12-R18 9
Anderson, Bernie #39 1 R17 0
Anderson, Noel #38 3 R16-R18 0
Branton, Ron #29 11 R02, R06, R08-R12, R15-R18 11
Cameron, Barry #30 15 R04-R18 0
Cations, Allan #33 7 R01-R07 0
Clarke, Doug #41 3 R12, R17-R18 1
Clements, Bill #24 6 R01, R04-R05, R08, R10-R11 1
Crowe, Neville #5 11 R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R14 6
Cuzens, Dave #4 16 R01-R11, R13-R16, R18 3
D'Arcy, John #38 5 R01-R03, R06, R09 1
Davie, Brian #35 10 R07-R16 0
Dean, Roger #3 3 R04, R17-R18 2
Dummett, Bob #17 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 45
Dunin, Frank #23 9 R01-R02, R12-R18 0
Edwards, Bill #6 2 R17-R18 1
Gahan, Graeme #10 14 R03-R15, R18 7
Gardner, Ian #27 4 R01-R04 0
Grimmond, Dick #19 14 R05-R18 0
Guinane, Paddy #1 12 R01-R03, R05, R09-R16 5
Hayes, Alan #46 3 R07-R09 2
Holt, Colin #21 14 R02-R05, R07-R16 2
Jacobs, Graham #16 4 R01, R10, R14, R18 1
Jenkins, John #39 4 R03, R07-R09 1
Langridge, Ted #28 14 R01-R06, R11-R18 20
Loughran, Peter #18 5 R02-R06 2
McDonald, Ron #14 16 R01-R02, R04-R16, R18 19
Morris, Peter #13 18 R01-R18 20
O'Toole, Laurie #42 6 R13-R18 4
Patterson, Mike #25 10 R09-R18 4
Rees, Bob #34 6 R07-R10, R12-R13 1
Reynolds, Doug #8 5 R01-R04, R11 0
Richardson, Alan #12 6 R01-R03, R05-R06, R17 3
Rowe, Larry #31 2 R01, R07 0
Ryan, Johnny #7 2 R15-R16 0
Saddington, Col #26 17 R01, R03-R18 0
Simpson, Tom #11 16 R02-R03, R05-R18 1
Swift, Fred #15 7 R01-R07 8
Thompson, John #37 3 R05-R07 0
Ward, Ken #20 11 R04-R06, R08, R11-R17 0
Williams, Don #3 3 R09-R10, R17 0
Wilson, John #40 6 R06-R11 2
Wright, Roy #2 9 R01-R08, R10 1

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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)
McDonald, Alan 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 47 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
02/05/1959 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 28 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
09/05/1959 Round 3 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 25 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
16/05/1959 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 40 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
23/05/1959 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 19 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
30/05/1959 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 23 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
06/06/1959 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 30 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
13/06/1959 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 26 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
27/06/1959 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN RIC by 5 Alan McDonald Ron Branton
04/07/1959 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 33 Alan McDonald Roy Wright
11/07/1959 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 65 Alan McDonald Ron Branton
18/07/1959 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 37 Alan McDonald Ron Branton
25/07/1959 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 28 Alan McDonald Ron McDonald
01/08/1959 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 44 Alan McDonald Ron McDonald
08/08/1959 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 20 Alan McDonald Ron Branton
15/08/1959 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 79 Alan McDonald Ron Branton
22/08/1959 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 Alan McDonald Ron Branton
29/08/1959 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 43 Alan McDonald Ron Branton