1958 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1958 between Melbourne and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. In the absence of John Beckwith, vice-captain Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (16.22.118) defeated Geelong (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 July 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,395

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 16.22.118 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 8 14 . 19 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
Geelong 1 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 5 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 27 MELB by 68 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi (acting)
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Woolfe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (ac) ? ? 3 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 2 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 5 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 4 ?
29 Falconer, Peter ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Martin, Neville ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
39 Palmer, Clif ? ? 1 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

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