1958 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1958 between Melbourne and Essendon during round five of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (15.12.102) defeated Essendon (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 May 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,787

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 0 6 . 5 9 . 7 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 4 . 8 9 . 10 11 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 17 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (vc) ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 4 ?
17 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 3 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
24 Parks, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 3 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Yeo, Alby ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 15

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