1958 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Collingwood were the premiers, with Murray Weideman as the premiership captain and Phonse Kyne as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1958 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Jim Francis
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Len Smith
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jack Hale
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Alan McDonald
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Ron Clegg
St Kilda Junction Oval Alan Killigrew

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 123.7% 1,608 1,300 227 246 182 208
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 123.7% 1,528 1,235 214 244 172 203
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 120.9% 1,551 1,283 214 267 177 221
North Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 7 44 92.7% 1,228 1,324 170 208 181 238
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.3% 1,519 1,365 210 259 193 207
Hawthorn 6th 9 -0- 9 36 109.3% 1,419 1,298 198 231 182 206
Carlton 7th 8 -0- 10 32 91.9% 1,158 1,260 153 240 173 222
St Kilda 8th 7 -0- 11 28 92.2% 1,340 1,454 184 236 201 248
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 11 28 88.7% 1,450 1,634 202 238 226 278
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 11 28 88.5% 1,425 1,611 202 213 226 255
Footscray 11th 6 -0- 12 24 97.3% 1,401 1,440 198 213 198 252
Geelong 12th 4 -0- 14 16 73.8% 1,192 1,615 163 214 224 271

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Collingwood 1st Premiers
Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
North Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Fitzroy 4th Defeated by North Melbourne (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 6th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 7th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 10th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 11th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 95 - 58 21,500
SAT 12/04/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 29 - 83 33,824
SAT 12/04/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 80 - 79 21,000
SAT 12/04/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 79 - 65 38,006
SAT 12/04/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 39 - 159 14,500
SAT 12/04/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 95 - 120 22,815

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 1 -0- 0 4 407.7% 159 39
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 286.2% 83 29
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 163.8% 95 58
Richmond 4th 1 -0- 0 4 126.3% 120 95
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 121.5% 79 65
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.3% 80 79
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.8% 79 80
Carlton 8th 0 -0- 1 0 82.3% 65 79
South Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 79.2% 95 120
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 61.1% 58 95
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 34.9% 29 83
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 24.5% 39 159

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 67 - 73 18,268
SAT 19/04/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 75 - 68 28,769
SAT 19/04/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 84 - 75 16,000
SAT 19/04/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 42 - 110 17,000
SAT 19/04/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 138 - 96 25,000
SAT 19/04/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 120 - 82 30,500

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 2 -0- 0 8 213.2% 243 114
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 176.6% 189 107
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 162.9% 158 97
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 0 8 135.1% 258 191
St Kilda 5th 1 -0- 1 4 122.8% 199 162
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 1 4 99.4% 177 178
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.1% 148 154
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 49.6% 112 226
Carlton 9th 0 -0- 2 0 86.8% 132 152
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 83.3% 170 204
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 2 0 56.6% 125 221
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 2 0 48.8% 100 205

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 115 - 65 17,671
SAT 26/04/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 57 - 52 34,656
SAT 26/04/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 74 - 48 21,000
SAT 26/04/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 51 - 90 13,500
SAT 26/04/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 83 - 68 33,000
SAT 26/04/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 96 - 157 21,809

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 176.6% 279 158
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 144.3% 215 149
Richmond 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 131.7% 341 259
Fitzroy 4th 2 -0- 1 8 172.5% 295 171
Hawthorn 5th 2 -0- 1 8 109.9% 222 202
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 2 4 113.8% 247 217
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 2 4 109.0% 267 245
Essendon 8th 1 -0- 2 4 89.3% 225 252
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 2 4 89.0% 282 317
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 51.6% 163 316
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 73.7% 266 361
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 3 0 51.6% 165 320

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 87 - 69 28,000
SAT 03/05/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 56 21,200
SAT 03/05/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 54 - 40 24,164
SAT 03/05/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 59 - 60 14,045
SAT 03/05/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 76 - 68 38,906
SAT 03/05/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 93 - 55 27,700

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 157.1% 355 226
Fitzroy 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 179.7% 408 227
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 120.3% 284 236
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 106.7% 397 372
St Kilda 5th 2 -0- 2 8 120.0% 360 300
Hawthorn 6th 2 -0- 2 8 104.3% 290 278
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 2 8 97.2% 312 321
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 2 8 94.1% 336 357
Carlton 9th 1 -0- 3 4 97.4% 302 310
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 77.6% 326 420
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 54.9% 203 370
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 4 0 58.9% 224 380

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 106 - 33 27,658
SAT 10/05/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 110 - 54 21,500
SAT 10/05/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 81 - 97 16,391
SAT 10/05/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 120 - 58 13,500
SAT 10/05/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 102 - 87 41,787
SAT 10/05/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 92 - 93 21,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 146.0% 457 313
Fitzroy 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 184.3% 518 281
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 145.0% 390 269
Richmond 4th 4 -0- 1 16 109.1% 494 453
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 2 12 122.0% 410 336
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 2 12 115.6% 453 392
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 3 8 94.3% 399 423
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 83.5% 390 467
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 81.5% 418 513
Carlton 10th 1 -0- 4 4 80.5% 335 416
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 53.3% 261 490
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 5 0 63.9% 305 477

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 40 - 59 23,000
SAT 17/05/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 58 - 75 21,479
SAT 17/05/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 81 - 64 18,500
SAT 17/05/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 64 - 55 15,000
SAT 17/05/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 56 - 95 37,000
SAT 17/05/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 79 - 78 32,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 5 -0- 1 20 179.8% 577 321
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 149.2% 485 325
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 136.5% 535 392
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 2 16 122.8% 491 400
St Kilda 5th 4 -0- 2 16 113.2% 532 470
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 2 16 100.4% 550 548
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 4 8 93.2% 454 487
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 4 8 82.7% 448 542
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 59.6% 325 545
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 5 4 81.1% 482 594
Carlton 11th 1 -0- 5 4 78.9% 375 475
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 5 4 71.0% 380 535

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 82 - 68 19,500
SAT 24/05/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 63 21,000
SAT 24/05/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 70 - 44 16,440
SAT 24/05/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 85 - 62 28,550
SAT 24/05/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 62 - 59 16,000
SAT 24/05/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 79 - 57 17,100

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 6 -0- 1 24 172.9% 664 384
Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 136.6% 620 454
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 140.6% 544 387
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 3 16 113.8% 554 487
St Kilda 5th 4 -0- 3 16 106.7% 576 540
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 3 16 98.1% 618 630
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 4 12 96.6% 536 555
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 64.1% 387 604
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 86.2% 561 651
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 5 8 81.3% 510 627
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 5 8 77.7% 450 579
Carlton 12th 1 -0- 6 4 78.0% 432 554

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 68 - 60 16,500
SAT 31/05/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 140 - 66 26,250
SAT 31/05/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 107 - 92 29,118
SAT 31/05/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 35 - 102 19,710
SAT 31/05/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 90 - 83 35,352
SAT 31/05/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 89 - 50 29,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 132.2% 710 537
Fitzroy 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 151.0% 714 473
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 151.0% 684 453
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 3 20 112.7% 665 590
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 4 16 110.6% 614 555
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 4 16 97.4% 701 720
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 76.5% 489 639
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 5 12 94.9% 628 662
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 5 12 85.8% 617 719
Carlton 10th 2 -0- 6 8 81.4% 500 614
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 79.3% 627 791
Geelong 12th 2 -0- 6 8 71.2% 485 681

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 95 - 39 36,500
SAT 07/06/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 49 - 50 26,500
SAT 07/06/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 66 - 51 15,000
SAT 07/06/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 80 - 58 19,000
SAT 07/06/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 83 - 94 18,500
SAT 07/06/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 76 - 108 18,860

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 1 32 133.4% 818 613
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 158.3% 779 492
Fitzroy 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 148.9% 780 524
Hawthorn 4th 5 -0- 4 20 113.2% 694 613
St Kilda 5th 5 -0- 4 20 102.8% 704 685
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 80.7% 583 722
Richmond 7th 4 -0- 5 16 96.3% 784 814
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 6 12 95.1% 677 712
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 6 12 84.5% 675 799
Carlton 10th 3 -0- 6 12 83.0% 550 663
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 78.2% 703 899
Geelong 12th 2 -0- 7 8 71.8% 536 747

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 51 - 21 16,000
SAT 14/06/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 107 - 56 15,500
SAT 14/06/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 63 - 82 20,000
MON 16/06/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 103 - 54 16,000
MON 16/06/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 84 - 73 99,256
MON 16/06/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 87 - 57 15,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 1 36 131.5% 902 686
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 147.9% 852 576
Fitzroy 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 132.5% 836 631
Hawthorn 4th 6 -0- 4 24 119.5% 797 667
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 86.0% 670 779
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 5 20 100.0% 767 767
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 6 16 102.1% 784 768
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 6 16 93.1% 805 865
Carlton 9th 4 -0- 6 16 87.9% 601 684
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 6 16 87.8% 757 862
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 77.1% 760 986
Geelong 12th 2 -0- 8 8 69.4% 590 850

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 47 22,000
SAT 21/06/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 74 - 84 26,088
SAT 21/06/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 66 - 99 18,313
SAT 21/06/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 60 - 35 14,000
SAT 21/06/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 101 - 87 16,000
SAT 21/06/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 61 - 103 18,500

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 2 36 122.6% 949 774
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 148.1% 951 642
Fitzroy 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 136.3% 924 678
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 89.7% 730 814
Hawthorn 5th 6 -0- 5 24 115.1% 884 768
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 6 20 107.0% 887 829
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 6 20 97.0% 802 827
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 6 20 95.2% 906 952
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 6 20 90.4% 685 758
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 7 16 87.8% 831 946
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 75.4% 821 1,089
Geelong 12th 2 -0- 9 8 69.1% 656 949

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 68 - 84 23,833
SAT 28/06/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 85 - 74 21,614
SAT 28/06/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 58 24,000
SAT 28/06/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 99 - 84 15,088
SAT 28/06/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 85 - 74 16,000
SAT 28/06/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 80 - 98 20,400

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 2 40 122.7% 1,033 842
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 144.7% 1,036 716
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 137.6% 1,013 736
Hawthorn 4th 7 -0- 5 28 115.8% 982 848
North Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 5 28 87.3% 788 903
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 6 24 96.6% 991 1,026
Essendon 7th 5 -0- 7 20 104.6% 971 928
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 7 20 95.4% 882 925
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 7 20 89.4% 753 842
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 8 16 87.8% 905 1,031
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 9 12 73.1% 755 1,033
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 10 8 76.2% 895 1,174

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 132 - 57 14,300
SAT 19/07/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 96 - 23 19,305
SAT 19/07/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 86 - 93 22,500
SAT 19/07/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 118 - 84 21,395
SAT 19/07/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 57 - 45 18,000
SAT 19/07/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 120 - 88 12,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 2 44 124.3% 1,151 926
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 140.8% 1,129 802
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 128.6% 1,101 856
North Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 5 32 89.1% 845 948
Hawthorn 5th 7 -0- 6 28 113.5% 1,068 941
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 7 24 112.0% 1,103 985
Richmond 7th 6 -0- 7 24 90.4% 1,014 1,122
Footscray 8th 5 -0- 8 20 95.0% 1,001 1,054
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 8 20 88.8% 939 1,057
Carlton 10th 5 -0- 8 20 88.8% 798 899
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 80.4% 1,015 1,262
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 10 12 72.9% 839 1,151

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 81 - 49 17,500
SAT 26/07/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 105 - 57 31,000
SAT 26/07/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 63 - 96 17,508
SAT 26/07/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 53 - 69 14,482
SAT 26/07/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 72 - 63 31,489
SAT 26/07/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 72 - 64 14,100

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 2 48 123.7% 1,223 989
Fitzroy 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 132.1% 1,206 913
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 130.8% 1,186 907
North Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 6 32 89.0% 908 1,020
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 7 28 114.5% 1,184 1,034
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 7 28 109.3% 1,117 1,022
Carlton 7th 6 -0- 8 24 91.1% 867 952
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 8 24 90.3% 1,078 1,194
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 8 24 90.2% 1,011 1,121
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 9 20 92.5% 1,064 1,150
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 10 16 83.8% 1,111 1,325
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 11 12 73.1% 892 1,220

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 59 - 54 12,984
SAT 02/08/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 75 - 86 35,490
SAT 02/08/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 87 - 95 17,500
SAT 02/08/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 79 - 62 17,000
SAT 02/08/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 68 - 132 17,000
SAT 02/08/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 109 - 101 13,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 2 52 122.5% 1,318 1,076
Fitzroy 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 136.4% 1,338 981
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 127.0% 1,261 993
North Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 6 36 91.2% 987 1,082
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 7 32 114.5% 1,270 1,109
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 8 28 107.8% 1,204 1,117
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 8 28 92.0% 926 1,006
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 9 24 90.3% 1,065 1,180
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 9 24 86.4% 1,146 1,326
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 10 20 91.6% 1,126 1,229
South Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 10 20 85.6% 1,220 1,426
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 12 12 74.7% 993 1,329

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 53 - 72 24,000
SAT 09/08/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 78 - 75 25,000
SAT 09/08/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 131 - 41 18,982
SAT 09/08/1958 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 60 - 92 11,500
SAT 09/08/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 90 - 69 8,500
SAT 09/08/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 77 - 99 16,500

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 3 52 120.7% 1,393 1,154
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 127.4% 1,333 1,046
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 124.0% 1,379 1,112
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 7 36 113.9% 1,348 1,184
North Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 7 36 89.2% 1,047 1,174
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 8 32 110.1% 1,296 1,177
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 9 28 90.8% 979 1,078
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 9 28 88.6% 1,236 1,395
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 10 24 99.0% 1,257 1,270
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 10 24 89.3% 1,142 1,279
South Melbourne 11th 6 -0- 10 24 87.8% 1,319 1,503
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 13 12 74.8% 1,062 1,419

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 107 - 88 21,027
SAT 16/08/1958 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 62 - 80 27,500
SAT 16/08/1958 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 101 - 96 20,000
SAT 16/08/1958 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 92 - 85 12,147
SAT 16/08/1958 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 137 - 87 24,823
SAT 16/08/1958 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 50 - 48 17,500

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 3 56 123.3% 1,530 1,241
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 127.0% 1,440 1,134
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 122.5% 1,480 1,208
North Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 7 40 91.2% 1,127 1,236
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 8 36 111.6% 1,410 1,264
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 9 32 109.5% 1,344 1,227
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 10 28 91.2% 1,075 1,179
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 10 28 88.3% 1,369 1,551
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 10 28 88.1% 1,324 1,502
Footscray 10th 6 -0- 11 24 98.5% 1,342 1,362
St Kilda 11th 6 -0- 11 24 86.8% 1,229 1,416
Geelong 12th 4 -0- 13 16 76.7% 1,154 1,504

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1958 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 83 - 81 17,897
SAT 23/08/1958 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 88 - 101 36,098
SAT 23/08/1958 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 59 - 78 21,132
SAT 23/08/1958 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 75 - 71 15,000
SAT 23/08/1958 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 101 - 109 20,000
SAT 23/08/1958 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 111 - 38 13,200

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 123.7% 1,608 1,300
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 123.7% 1,528 1,235
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 120.9% 1,551 1,283
North Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 7 44 92.7% 1,228 1,324
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.3% 1,519 1,365
Hawthorn 6th 9 -0- 9 36 109.3% 1,419 1,298
Carlton 7th 8 -0- 10 32 91.9% 1,158 1,260
St Kilda 8th 7 -0- 11 28 92.2% 1,340 1,454
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 11 28 88.7% 1,450 1,634
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 11 28 88.5% 1,425 1,611
Footscray 11th 6 -0- 12 24 97.3% 1,401 1,440
Geelong 12th 4 -0- 14 16 73.8% 1,192 1,615

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1958 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne MCG 66 - 70 68,213
SAT 06/09/1958 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 78 - 33 77,350

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1958 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne MCG 96 - 76 77,656

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1958 2:50 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 64 - 82 97,956