1958 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1958 between Essendon and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1958 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors with Ron Barassi as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (11.12.78) defeated Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 August 1958
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 5 . 7 6 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 2 MELB by 16 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 ?
20 Box, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Driscoll, Frank ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 3 ?
Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (vc) ? ? 3 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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