1958 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1958 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the second semi 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 (11.12.78) defeated Collingwood (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1958 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 September 1958
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 77,350

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 11.12.78 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 0 6 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Collingwood 1 . 0 2 . 4 3 . 8 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin MELB by 24 MELB by 24 MELB by 27 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
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

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (vc) ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 12

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bennett, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Brewer, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Delanty, Mike ? ? 0 ?
8 Dorman, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Fellowes, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 1 ?
32 Harrison, Barry ? ? 0 ?
21 Henderson, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold (avc) ? ? 2 ?
16 Reeves, Ron ? ? 0 ?
48 Rose, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
22 Serong, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Turner, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray (ac) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 9

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

Score Timeline

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