1958 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1958 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. In the absence of Frank Tuck, vice-captain Murray Weideman captained the visitors with Thorold Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Melbourne (9.10.64) were defeated by Collingwood (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 20 September 1958
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,956

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.10.64 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 1 7 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Collingwood 2 . 2 7 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 17 COLL by 2 COLL by 33 COLL by 18 COLL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Vice-Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Collingwood

Captain: Murray Weideman (acting)
Vice-Captain: Thorold Merrett (acting)
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash
E: B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

J. Lee
A. Rees

Boundary Umpires

D. Fitzgerald
P. Stone

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Adams, Frank FPR ? 2 ?
2 Barassi, Ron (vc) RR ? 2 ?
1 Beckwith, John (c) BPL ? 0 ?
6 Brenchley, Peter HFFR ? 1 ?
11 Carroll, Keith HBFR ? 0 ?
25 Crompton, Neil SUB ? 1 ?
16 Dixon, Brian WL ? 0 ?
4 Fenton-Smith, Dick RU ? 0 ?
14 Gleeson, Terry SUB ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Bob FPL ? 1 ?
3 Johnson, Trevor CHF ? 0 ?
7 Marquis, Peter FB ? 0 ?
15 McLean, Ian WR ? 1 ?
19 Mithen, Laurie C ? 0 ?
23 Ridley, Ian RO ? 1 ?
20 Thorogood, Ian HBFL ? 0 ?
24 Tunbridge, Geoff HFFL ? 0 ?
5 Webb, Athol FF ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Don CHB ? 0 ?
10 Wilson, Colin BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Beers, Brian HFFR ? 2 ?
11 Bennett, Ken FPR ? 2 ?
5 Brewer, Ian FF ? 2 ?
24 Delanty, Mike CHB ? 0 ?
8 Fellowes, Graeme RR ? 1 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray BPR ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Brian WL ? 0 ?
12 Greve, Bob SUB ? 0 ?
3 Harrison, Barry RU ? 0 ?
4 Henderson, John C ? 0 ?
2 Lucas, Peter HBFR ? 0 ?
16 Merrett, Thorold (avc) RO ? 2 ?
17 Reeves, Ron BPL ? 0 ?
15 Rose, Kevin HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Serong, Bill HFFL ? 0 ?
6 Smale, Ken SUB ? 0 ?
20 Sullivan, Harry FB ? 0 ?
19 Turner, Ken WR ? 0 ?
23 Twomey, Mick FPL ? 1 ?
1 Weideman, Murray (ac) CHF ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 R. Reeves 20 H. Sullivan 13 R. Gabelich 4 D. Fenton-Smith 25 N. Crompton
17 F. Adams 5 A. Webb 8 B. Johnson 2 R. Barassi (vc) 14 T. Gleeson
FORWARD 23 I. Ridley

HALF-BACK



15 K. Rose 24 M. Delanty 2 P. Lucas



6 P. Brenchley 3 T. Johnson 24 G. Tunbridge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 B. Gray 4 J. Henderson 19 K. Turner



15 I. McLean 19 L. Mithen 16 B. Dixon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 3 B. Harrison 12 B. Greve
HALF-FORWARD 8 G. Fellowes 6 K. Smale
14 B. Serong 1 M. Weideman (ac) 7 B. Beers 16 T. Merrett (avc)

11 K. Carroll 12 D. Williams 20 I. Thorogood



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 M. Twomey 5 I. Brewer 11 K. Bennett



10 C. Wilson 7 P. Marquis 1 J. Beckwith (c)



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne