1959 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1959 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Williamstown were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Williamstown were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1959 VFA Season
Teams: 16
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 164

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval Col Austen
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Northcote Park
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Ken Chambers
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Dandenong Dandenong Showgrounds Jim Cleary
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval Bill Faul
Mordialloc Ben Kavanagh Reserve Len Crane
Northcote Northcote Park
Oakleigh Warrawee Park
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Tom Brooker
Preston Preston City Oval Pat Foley
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Neil Bencraft
Sunshine Selwyn Park
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Williamstown
Runners-Up: Coburg
Minor Premiers: Williamstown

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 3 68 161.2% 2,158 1,339 303 340 186 223
Sandringham 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 154.0% 2,064 1,340 291 318 189 206
Oakleigh 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 148.2% 2,021 1,364 287 299 195 194
Coburg 4th 16 -0- 4 64 139.6% 1,983 1,420 281 297 198 232
Moorabbin 5th 15 -0- 5 60 162.7% 2,060 1,266 295 290 175 216
Yarraville 6th 14 -0- 6 56 145.1% 1,960 1,351 284 256 187 229
Mordialloc 7th 12 -0- 8 48 119.9% 1,878 1,566 268 270 214 282
Port Melbourne 8th 10 -1- 9 42 113.2% 1,861 1,644 261 295 232 252
Brunswick 9th 9 -1- 10 38 104.2% 1,746 1,675 249 252 236 259
Box Hill 10th 8 -0- 12 32 98.3% 1,596 1,623 223 258 229 249
Preston 11th 8 -0- 12 32 76.4% 1,502 1,967 211 236 281 281
Dandenong 12th 6 -0- 14 24 84.2% 1,618 1,921 225 268 270 301
Sunshine 13th 6 -0- 14 24 64.2% 1,329 2,071 188 201 294 307
Northcote 14th 3 -0- 17 12 65.9% 1,499 2,276 210 239 326 320
Brighton 15th 2 -0- 18 8 62.2% 1,365 2,195 190 225 314 311
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 19 4 39.1% 1,041 2,663 146 165 386 347

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Williamstown 1st Premiers
Coburg 2nd Runners-Up
Sandringham 3rd Defeated by Coburg (Preliminary Final)
Oakleigh 4th Defeated by Coburg (Semi Final)
Moorabbin 5th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 6th Did not qualify for finals
Mordialloc 7th Did not qualify for finals
Port Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 9th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 10th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 11th Did not qualify for finals
Dandenong 12th Did not qualify for finals
Sunshine 13th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 14th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 15th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 16th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 71 - 102
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sunshine Northcote Park 155 - 53
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Box Hill Camberwell Sportsground 56 - 153
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Mordialloc Dandenong Showgrounds 91 - 109
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Oakleigh Moorabbin Oval 145 - 41
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 103 - 80
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 48 - 173
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 71 - 86

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 1 -0- 0 4 360.4% 173 48
Moorabbin 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 353.7% 145 41
Brunswick 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 292.5% 155 53
Box Hill 4th 1 -0- 0 4 273.2% 153 56
Sandringham 5th 1 -0- 0 4 143.7% 102 71
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 128.8% 103 80
Coburg 7th 1 -0- 0 4 121.1% 86 71
Mordialloc 8th 1 -0- 0 4 119.8% 109 91
Dandenong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.5% 91 109
Yarraville 10th 0 -0- 1 0 82.6% 71 86
Northcote 11th 0 -0- 1 0 77.7% 80 103
Brighton 12th 0 -0- 1 0 69.6% 71 102
Camberwell 13th 0 -0- 1 0 36.6% 56 153
Sunshine 14th 0 -0- 1 0 34.2% 53 155
Oakleigh 15th 0 -0- 1 0 28.3% 41 145
Preston 16th 0 -0- 1 0 27.7% 48 173

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brighton Box Hill City Oval 122 - 94 1,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 98 - 148 3,500
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Moorabbin Ben Kavanagh Reserve 81 - 126 5,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 43 - 122 750
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Dandenong Warrawee Park 109 - 74 2,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 129 - 59 3,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Preston Selwyn Park 95 - 113 2,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 92 - 82 5,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 2 -0- 0 8 222.1% 271 122
Williamstown 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 203.8% 265 130
Box Hill 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 183.3% 275 150
Sandringham 4th 2 -0- 0 8 177.7% 231 130
Port Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 0 8 141.0% 251 178
Brunswick 6th 1 -0- 1 4 163.4% 237 145
Yarraville 7th 1 -0- 1 4 149.6% 193 129
Mordialloc 8th 1 -0- 1 4 87.6% 190 217
Coburg 9th 1 -0- 1 4 84.0% 184 219
Oakleigh 10th 1 -0- 1 4 68.5% 150 219
Preston 11th 1 -0- 1 4 60.1% 161 268
Dandenong 12th 0 -0- 2 0 75.7% 165 218
Brighton 13th 0 -0- 2 0 73.7% 165 224
Sunshine 14th 0 -0- 2 0 55.2% 148 268
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 2 0 54.7% 123 225
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 2 0 40.8% 115 282

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Dandenong Box Hill City Oval 107 - 80
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 64 - 144
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Northcote Park 71 - 103
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Moorabbin Camberwell Sportsground 37 - 147
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 56 - 141
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Mordialloc Beach Road Oval 92 - 48
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Port Melbourne Selwyn Park 84 - 59
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 140 - 51

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 3 -0- 0 12 262.9% 418 159
Williamstown 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 223.8% 405 181
Sandringham 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 181.5% 323 178
Box Hill 4th 3 -0- 0 12 166.1% 382 230
Yarraville 5th 2 -0- 1 8 148.0% 296 200
Port Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 118.3% 310 262
Coburg 7th 2 -0- 1 8 118.2% 325 275
Oakleigh 8th 2 -0- 1 8 103.9% 294 283
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 2 4 124.2% 308 248
Mordialloc 10th 1 -0- 2 4 77.0% 238 309
Sunshine 11th 1 -0- 2 4 70.9% 232 327
Preston 12th 1 -0- 2 4 53.1% 217 409
Dandenong 13th 0 -0- 3 0 75.4% 245 325
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 3 0 62.2% 229 368
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 3 0 47.7% 174 365
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 3 0 35.4% 152 429

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 89 - 83
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Dandenong Showgrounds 88 - 170
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Moorabbin Oval 160 - 44
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Brighton Ben Kavanagh Reserve 117 - 63
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 87 - 124
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 233 - 89
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 64 - 78
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sunshine Yarraville Oval 145 - 40

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 4 -0- 0 16 284.7% 578 203
Williamstown 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 197.1% 483 245
Sandringham 3rd 4 -0- 0 16 185.3% 493 266
Yarraville 4th 3 -0- 1 12 183.8% 441 240
Oakleigh 5th 3 -0- 1 12 141.7% 527 372
Coburg 6th 3 -0- 1 12 115.6% 414 358
Box Hill 7th 3 -0- 1 12 109.2% 426 390
Port Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 110.0% 374 340
Mordialloc 9th 2 -0- 2 8 95.4% 355 372
Preston 10th 2 -0- 2 8 68.8% 341 496
Brunswick 11th 1 -0- 3 4 116.0% 391 337
Sunshine 12th 1 -0- 3 4 57.6% 272 472
Dandenong 13th 0 -0- 4 0 67.3% 333 495
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 4 0 60.2% 292 485
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 4 0 53.4% 261 489
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 4 0 36.4% 241 662

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Oakleigh Box Hill City Oval 60 - 81 1,300
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Dandenong Elsternwick Park 102 - 106 750
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Northcote Park 118 - 84 1,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Mordialloc Camberwell Sportsground 37 - 165 850
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Moorabbin Oval 87 - 78 12,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 44 - 108 2,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Coburg Selwyn Park 43 - 132 1,700
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 67 - 82 3,600

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 5 -0- 0 20 236.7% 665 281
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 181.1% 565 312
Sandringham 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 161.8% 571 353
Oakleigh 4th 4 -0- 1 16 140.7% 608 432
Coburg 5th 4 -0- 1 16 136.2% 546 401
Yarraville 6th 3 -0- 2 12 157.8% 508 322
Mordialloc 7th 3 -0- 2 12 127.1% 520 409
Port Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 2 12 125.5% 482 384
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 2 12 103.2% 486 471
Brunswick 10th 2 -0- 3 8 120.9% 509 421
Preston 11th 2 -0- 3 8 63.7% 385 604
Dandenong 12th 1 -0- 4 4 73.5% 439 597
Sunshine 13th 1 -0- 4 4 52.2% 315 604
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 5 0 66.7% 394 591
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 5 0 56.8% 345 607
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 5 0 33.6% 278 827

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 124 - 62 400
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Moorabbin Dandenong Showgrounds 88 - 133 3,500
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Oakleigh Ben Kavanagh Reserve 72 - 44 3,700
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 74 - 133 250
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 76 - 131 2,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 91 - 63 2,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 133 - 74 2,500
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sunshine WCG 133 - 45 3,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 6 -0- 0 24 216.3% 798 369
Williamstown 2nd 6 -0- 0 24 195.5% 698 357
Sandringham 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 164.9% 704 427
Coburg 4th 5 -0- 1 20 142.9% 679 475
Yarraville 5th 4 -0- 2 16 160.6% 639 398
Mordialloc 6th 4 -0- 2 16 130.7% 592 453
Oakleigh 7th 4 -0- 2 16 129.4% 652 504
Port Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 3 12 108.3% 558 515
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 3 12 92.7% 560 604
Preston 10th 3 -0- 3 12 71.4% 476 667
Brunswick 11th 2 -0- 4 8 111.7% 572 512
Brighton 12th 1 -0- 5 4 79.3% 518 653
Dandenong 13th 1 -0- 5 4 72.2% 527 730
Sunshine 14th 1 -0- 5 4 48.8% 360 737
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 6 0 56.6% 419 740
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 6 0 35.8% 340 951

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Mordialloc Box Hill City Oval 48 - 56
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 71 - 89
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Dandenong Camberwell Sportsground 41 - 114
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 81 - 82
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brighton Moorabbin Oval 110 - 54
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 105 - 102
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Northcote Selwyn Park 107 - 90
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 109 - 79

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 7 -0- 0 28 214.7% 908 423
Williamstown 2nd 7 -0- 0 28 178.1% 780 438
Yarraville 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 156.8% 748 477
Sandringham 4th 5 -0- 2 20 151.5% 806 532
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 2 20 136.4% 760 557
Mordialloc 6th 5 -0- 2 20 129.3% 648 501
Oakleigh 7th 5 -0- 2 20 124.9% 757 606
Port Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 3 16 110.4% 647 586
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 4 12 92.1% 608 660
Preston 10th 3 -0- 4 12 71.5% 555 776
Brunswick 11th 2 -0- 5 8 107.0% 643 601
Dandenong 12th 2 -0- 5 8 83.1% 641 771
Sunshine 13th 2 -0- 5 8 56.5% 467 827
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 6 4 75.0% 572 763
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 7 0 60.1% 509 847
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 7 0 35.8% 381 1,065

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 109 - 54
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Sandringham Ben Kavanagh Reserve 77 - 80
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 120 - 25
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sunshine North Port Oval 98 - 32
MON 15/06/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Box Hill Dandenong Showgrounds 93 - 71
MON 15/06/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Camberwell Moorabbin Oval 154 - 19
MON 15/06/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 69 - 119
MON 15/06/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 87 - 53

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 8 -0- 0 32 240.3% 1,062 442
Williamstown 2nd 8 -0- 0 32 177.3% 899 507
Yarraville 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 157.5% 835 530
Sandringham 4th 6 -0- 2 24 145.5% 886 609
Coburg 5th 6 -0- 2 24 142.2% 869 611
Oakleigh 6th 6 -0- 2 24 139.0% 877 631
Mordialloc 7th 5 -0- 3 20 124.8% 725 581
Port Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 3 20 120.6% 745 618
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 5 12 90.2% 679 753
Dandenong 10th 3 -0- 5 12 87.2% 734 842
Preston 11th 3 -0- 5 12 68.8% 609 885
Brunswick 12th 2 -0- 6 8 101.2% 696 688
Sunshine 13th 2 -0- 6 8 53.9% 499 925
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 7 4 67.6% 597 883
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 8 0 59.8% 578 966
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 8 0 32.8% 400 1,219

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 107 - 74
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Mordialloc Elsternwick Park 80 - 111
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Northcote Park 66 - 94
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 14 - 168
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Preston City Oval 122 - 85
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Dandenong Beach Road Oval 120 - 34
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Yarraville Selwyn Park 69 - 96
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 147 - 83

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 9 -0- 0 36 177.3% 1,046 590
Moorabbin 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 206.9% 1,136 549
Oakleigh 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 162.0% 1,045 645
Sandringham 4th 7 -0- 2 28 156.5% 1,006 643
Yarraville 5th 7 -0- 2 28 155.4% 931 599
Coburg 6th 7 -0- 2 28 142.2% 963 677
Mordialloc 7th 6 -0- 3 24 126.5% 836 661
Port Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 4 20 108.2% 828 765
Box Hill 9th 4 -0- 5 16 95.0% 786 827
Preston 10th 4 -0- 5 16 75.4% 731 970
Dandenong 11th 3 -0- 6 12 79.8% 768 962
Brunswick 12th 2 -0- 7 8 97.4% 762 782
Sunshine 13th 2 -0- 7 8 55.6% 568 1,021
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 8 4 68.1% 677 994
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 9 0 60.9% 663 1,088
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 9 0 29.8% 414 1,387

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Sunshine Coburg City Oval 158 - 48 1,100
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Brighton Dandenong Showgrounds 114 - 63 1,500
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Camberwell Ben Kavanagh Reserve 136 - 24 500
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 82 - 128 500
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 67 - 58 3,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 113 - 52 1,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 85 - 81 10,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 81 - 61 3,500

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 10 -0- 0 40 173.1% 1,127 651
Moorabbin 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 192.0% 1,217 634
Oakleigh 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 158.2% 1,112 703
Coburg 4th 8 -0- 2 32 154.6% 1,121 725
Sandringham 5th 8 -0- 2 32 150.7% 1,091 724
Yarraville 6th 7 -0- 3 28 145.9% 992 680
Mordialloc 7th 7 -0- 3 28 141.9% 972 685
Port Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 4 24 115.2% 941 817
Box Hill 9th 4 -0- 6 16 94.4% 844 894
Dandenong 10th 4 -0- 6 16 86.0% 882 1,025
Preston 11th 4 -0- 6 16 72.3% 783 1,083
Brunswick 12th 3 -0- 7 12 103.0% 890 864
Sunshine 13th 2 -0- 8 8 52.2% 616 1,179
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 9 4 66.8% 740 1,108
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 10 0 61.3% 745 1,216
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 10 0 28.8% 438 1,523

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 72 - 96
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Northcote Park 78 - 120
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 16 - 131
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Oakleigh Dandenong Showgrounds 82 - 128
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Mordialloc Moorabbin Oval 93 - 114
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 83 - 91
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Sunshine Preston City Oval 57 - 96
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 117 - 86

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 11 -0- 0 44 171.1% 1,247 729
Sandringham 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 165.1% 1,222 740
Oakleigh 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 158.0% 1,240 785
Coburg 4th 9 -0- 2 36 150.0% 1,212 808
Moorabbin 5th 8 -0- 3 32 175.1% 1,310 748
Yarraville 6th 8 -0- 3 32 144.8% 1,109 766
Mordialloc 7th 8 -0- 3 32 139.6% 1,086 778
Port Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 5 24 112.8% 1,024 908
Box Hill 9th 5 -0- 6 20 97.3% 940 966
Dandenong 10th 4 -0- 7 16 83.6% 964 1,153
Preston 11th 4 -0- 7 16 71.2% 840 1,179
Brunswick 12th 3 -0- 8 12 98.4% 968 984
Sunshine 13th 3 -0- 8 12 57.6% 712 1,236
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 10 4 67.4% 812 1,204
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 11 0 62.3% 831 1,333
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 11 0 27.4% 454 1,654

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 118 - 34
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 80 - 66
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Dandenong Ben Kavanagh Reserve 69 - 55
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 49 - 109
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 67 - 75
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 113 - 57
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Brunswick Selwyn Park 50 - 77
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 107 - 41

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 12 -0- 0 48 175.8% 1,354 770
Sandringham 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 167.5% 1,335 797
Coburg 3rd 10 -0- 2 40 147.8% 1,292 874
Moorabbin 4th 9 -0- 3 36 169.9% 1,385 815
Oakleigh 5th 9 -0- 3 36 152.0% 1,307 860
Mordialloc 6th 9 -0- 3 36 138.7% 1,155 833
Yarraville 7th 8 -0- 4 32 138.9% 1,175 846
Port Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 5 28 118.4% 1,133 957
Box Hill 9th 6 -0- 6 24 105.8% 1,058 1,000
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 8 16 101.1% 1,045 1,034
Dandenong 11th 4 -0- 8 16 83.4% 1,019 1,222
Preston 12th 4 -0- 8 16 68.5% 881 1,286
Sunshine 13th 3 -0- 9 12 58.0% 762 1,313
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 11 4 66.0% 869 1,317
Northcote 15th 0 -0- 12 0 61.0% 880 1,442
Camberwell 16th 0 -0- 12 0 27.5% 488 1,772

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 49 - 82
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Northcote Park 116 - 61
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sportsground 99 - 83
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 130 - 83
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Dandenong Moorabbin Oval 76 - 28
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Mordialloc Warrawee Park 77 - 58
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Williamstown Selwyn Park 63 - 130
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 94 - 48

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 13 -0- 0 52 178.2% 1,484 833
Sandringham 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 167.5% 1,417 846
Coburg 3rd 11 -0- 2 44 148.6% 1,422 957
Moorabbin 4th 10 -0- 3 40 173.3% 1,461 843
Oakleigh 5th 10 -0- 3 40 150.8% 1,384 918
Yarraville 6th 9 -0- 4 36 141.9% 1,269 894
Mordialloc 7th 9 -0- 4 36 133.3% 1,213 910
Port Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 6 28 112.4% 1,181 1,051
Box Hill 9th 6 -0- 7 24 102.3% 1,107 1,082
Brunswick 10th 5 -0- 8 20 106.0% 1,161 1,095
Dandenong 11th 4 -0- 9 16 80.7% 1,047 1,298
Preston 12th 4 -0- 9 16 67.2% 942 1,402
Sunshine 13th 3 -0- 10 12 57.2% 825 1,443
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 12 4 67.2% 952 1,416
Camberwell 15th 1 -0- 12 4 31.6% 587 1,855
Northcote 16th 0 -0- 13 0 61.3% 963 1,572

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Moorabbin Elsternwick Park 37 - 102
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Camberwell Dandenong Showgrounds 62 - 60
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Box Hill Ben Kavanagh Reserve 61 - 92
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Sunshine Northcote Park 64 - 45
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 68 - 68
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 47 - 100
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 52 - 47
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 64 - 78

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 13 -0- 1 52 169.9% 1,548 911
Sandringham 2nd 12 -0- 2 48 164.5% 1,469 893
Coburg 3rd 12 -0- 2 48 146.9% 1,500 1,021
Moorabbin 4th 11 -0- 3 44 177.6% 1,563 880
Oakleigh 5th 10 -0- 4 40 147.5% 1,431 970
Yarraville 6th 10 -0- 4 40 145.5% 1,369 941
Mordialloc 7th 9 -0- 5 36 127.1% 1,274 1,002
Port Melbourne 8th 7 -1- 6 30 111.6% 1,249 1,119
Box Hill 9th 7 -0- 7 28 104.9% 1,199 1,143
Brunswick 10th 5 -1- 8 22 105.7% 1,229 1,163
Dandenong 11th 5 -0- 9 20 81.7% 1,109 1,358
Preston 12th 4 -0- 10 16 65.8% 989 1,502
Sunshine 13th 3 -0- 11 12 57.7% 870 1,507
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 13 4 65.2% 989 1,518
Northcote 15th 1 -0- 13 4 63.5% 1,027 1,617
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 13 4 33.8% 647 1,917

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 45 - 151
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Mordialloc Northcote Park 83 - 81
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 52 - 145
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Coburg Moorabbin Oval 64 - 22
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 118 - 49
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Preston City Oval 72 - 60
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Box Hill Selwyn Park 63 - 46
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 94 - 40

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 14 -0- 1 56 172.7% 1,642 951
Moorabbin 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 180.4% 1,627 902
Sandringham 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 152.9% 1,509 987
Coburg 4th 12 -0- 3 48 140.3% 1,522 1,085
Yarraville 5th 11 -0- 4 44 154.2% 1,520 986
Oakleigh 6th 11 -0- 4 44 152.0% 1,549 1,019
Mordialloc 7th 9 -0- 6 36 124.9% 1,355 1,085
Port Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 6 34 119.0% 1,394 1,171
Box Hill 9th 7 -0- 8 28 103.2% 1,245 1,206
Brunswick 10th 6 -1- 8 26 105.5% 1,312 1,244
Dandenong 11th 5 -0- 10 20 81.7% 1,169 1,430
Preston 12th 5 -0- 10 20 67.9% 1,061 1,562
Sunshine 13th 4 -0- 11 16 60.1% 933 1,553
Northcote 14th 1 -0- 14 4 62.0% 1,076 1,735
Brighton 15th 1 -0- 14 4 62.0% 1,034 1,669
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 14 4 33.9% 699 2,062

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 114 - 37
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 117 - 40
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sunshine Dandenong Showgrounds 116 - 63
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Williamstown Ben Kavanagh Reserve 71 - 94
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 93 - 62
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 83 - 101
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 136 - 74
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Moorabbin Yarraville Oval 108 - 54

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 15 -0- 1 60 169.9% 1,736 1,022
Sandringham 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 155.0% 1,645 1,061
Coburg 3rd 13 -0- 3 52 145.7% 1,639 1,125
Moorabbin 4th 12 -0- 4 48 166.4% 1,681 1,010
Yarraville 5th 12 -0- 4 48 156.5% 1,628 1,040
Oakleigh 6th 12 -0- 4 48 149.7% 1,650 1,102
Mordialloc 7th 9 -0- 7 36 120.9% 1,426 1,179
Port Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 7 34 116.1% 1,477 1,272
Box Hill 9th 8 -0- 8 32 109.3% 1,359 1,243
Brunswick 10th 6 -1- 9 26 100.4% 1,386 1,380
Dandenong 11th 6 -0- 10 24 86.1% 1,285 1,493
Preston 12th 5 -0- 11 20 65.5% 1,098 1,676
Sunshine 13th 4 -0- 12 16 59.7% 996 1,669
Northcote 14th 2 -0- 14 8 65.1% 1,169 1,797
Brighton 15th 1 -0- 15 4 60.1% 1,074 1,786
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 15 4 35.3% 761 2,155

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 89 - 71
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Dandenong Northcote Park 91 - 74
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sunshine Camberwell Sportsground 79 - 97
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 64 - 45
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Williamstown Moorabbin Oval 93 - 58
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Preston Ben Kavanagh Reserve 95 - 94
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Yarraville Oval 94 - 67
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 93 - 62

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 15 -0- 2 60 160.9% 1,794 1,115
Coburg 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 145.6% 1,703 1,170
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 166.1% 1,774 1,068
Sandringham 4th 13 -0- 4 52 150.2% 1,690 1,125
Oakleigh 5th 13 -0- 4 52 149.2% 1,744 1,169
Yarraville 6th 12 -0- 5 48 149.5% 1,695 1,134
Mordialloc 7th 10 -0- 7 40 119.5% 1,521 1,273
Port Melbourne 8th 9 -1- 7 38 117.7% 1,570 1,334
Box Hill 9th 8 -0- 9 32 106.4% 1,421 1,336
Brunswick 10th 7 -1- 9 30 101.6% 1,477 1,454
Dandenong 11th 6 -0- 11 24 85.8% 1,359 1,584
Preston 12th 5 -0- 12 20 67.3% 1,192 1,771
Sunshine 13th 5 -0- 12 20 62.5% 1,093 1,748
Northcote 14th 2 -0- 15 8 65.7% 1,240 1,886
Brighton 15th 2 -0- 15 8 62.6% 1,163 1,857
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 16 4 37.3% 840 2,252

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Yarraville Box Hill City Oval 37 - 82
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Dandenong Showgrounds 93 - 118
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Mordialloc Northcote Park 106 - 135
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 85 - 72
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Moorabbin Preston City Oval 86 - 63
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 105 - 98
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Brighton Selwyn Park 130 - 83
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 198 - 51

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 2 64 170.8% 1,992 1,166
Coburg 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 144.2% 1,821 1,263
Oakleigh 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 147.4% 1,829 1,241
Sandringham 4th 14 -0- 4 56 146.8% 1,795 1,223
Moorabbin 5th 13 -0- 5 52 159.2% 1,837 1,154
Yarraville 6th 13 -0- 5 52 151.8% 1,777 1,171
Mordialloc 7th 11 -0- 7 44 120.1% 1,656 1,379
Port Melbourne 8th 9 -1- 8 38 115.9% 1,668 1,439
Box Hill 9th 8 -0- 10 32 102.8% 1,458 1,418
Brunswick 10th 7 -1- 10 30 100.6% 1,549 1,539
Dandenong 11th 6 -0- 12 24 85.3% 1,452 1,702
Preston 12th 6 -0- 12 24 69.7% 1,278 1,834
Sunshine 13th 6 -0- 12 24 66.8% 1,223 1,831
Northcote 14th 2 -0- 16 8 66.6% 1,346 2,021
Brighton 15th 2 -0- 16 8 62.7% 1,246 1,987
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 17 4 36.4% 891 2,450

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Brunswick v Camberwell Brunswick Park 94 - 72
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 106 - 61
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Dandenong v Yarraville Dandenong Showgrounds 93 - 119
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sunshine Moorabbin Oval 130 - 49
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Port Melbourne Ben Kavanagh Reserve 112 - 130
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 105 - 55
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 182 - 53
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 67 - 96

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 3 64 163.2% 2,059 1,262
Coburg 2nd 16 -0- 3 64 145.5% 1,927 1,324
Sandringham 3rd 15 -0- 4 60 154.9% 1,977 1,276
Oakleigh 4th 15 -0- 4 60 147.2% 1,925 1,308
Moorabbin 5th 14 -0- 5 56 163.5% 1,967 1,203
Yarraville 6th 14 -0- 5 56 150.0% 1,896 1,264
Mordialloc 7th 11 -0- 8 44 117.2% 1,768 1,509
Port Melbourne 8th 10 -1- 8 42 115.9% 1,798 1,551
Brunswick 9th 8 -1- 10 34 102.0% 1,643 1,611
Box Hill 10th 8 -0- 11 32 99.7% 1,519 1,524
Preston 11th 7 -0- 12 28 73.2% 1,383 1,889
Dandenong 12th 6 -0- 13 24 84.8% 1,545 1,821
Sunshine 13th 6 -0- 13 24 64.9% 1,272 1,961
Northcote 14th 2 -0- 17 8 63.5% 1,399 2,203
Brighton 15th 2 -0- 17 8 62.2% 1,301 2,092
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 18 4 37.9% 963 2,544

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 77 - 99
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 64 - 103
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 78 - 119
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Northcote v Dandenong Northcote Park 100 - 73
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 96 - 56
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Moorabbin North Port Oval 63 - 93
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Sunshine v Mordialloc Selwyn Park 57 - 110
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 64 - 87

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 3 68 161.2% 2,158 1,339
Sandringham 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 154.0% 2,064 1,340
Oakleigh 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 148.2% 2,021 1,364
Coburg 4th 16 -0- 4 64 139.6% 1,983 1,420
Moorabbin 5th 15 -0- 5 60 162.7% 2,060 1,266
Yarraville 6th 14 -0- 6 56 145.1% 1,960 1,351
Mordialloc 7th 12 -0- 8 48 119.9% 1,878 1,566
Port Melbourne 8th 10 -1- 9 42 113.2% 1,861 1,644
Brunswick 9th 9 -1- 10 38 104.2% 1,746 1,675
Box Hill 10th 8 -0- 12 32 98.3% 1,596 1,623
Preston 11th 8 -0- 12 32 76.4% 1,502 1,967
Dandenong 12th 6 -0- 14 24 84.2% 1,618 1,921
Sunshine 13th 6 -0- 14 24 64.2% 1,329 2,071
Northcote 14th 3 -0- 17 12 65.9% 1,499 2,276
Brighton 15th 2 -0- 18 8 62.2% 1,365 2,195
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 19 4 39.1% 1,041 2,663

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 17 -0- 3 68 161.2% 2,158 1,339 303 340 186 223
Sandringham 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 154.0% 2,064 1,340 291 318 189 206
Oakleigh 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 148.2% 2,021 1,364 287 299 195 194
Coburg 4th 16 -0- 4 64 139.6% 1,983 1,420 281 297 198 232
Moorabbin 5th 15 -0- 5 60 162.7% 2,060 1,266 295 290 175 216
Yarraville 6th 14 -0- 6 56 145.1% 1,960 1,351 284 256 187 229
Mordialloc 7th 12 -0- 8 48 119.9% 1,878 1,566 268 270 214 282
Port Melbourne 8th 10 -1- 9 42 113.2% 1,861 1,644 261 295 232 252
Brunswick 9th 9 -1- 10 38 104.2% 1,746 1,675 249 252 236 259
Box Hill 10th 8 -0- 12 32 98.3% 1,596 1,623 223 258 229 249
Preston 11th 8 -0- 12 32 76.4% 1,502 1,967 211 236 281 281
Dandenong 12th 6 -0- 14 24 84.2% 1,618 1,921 225 268 270 301
Sunshine 13th 6 -0- 14 24 64.2% 1,329 2,071 188 201 294 307
Northcote 14th 3 -0- 17 12 65.9% 1,499 2,276 210 239 326 320
Brighton 15th 2 -0- 18 8 62.2% 1,365 2,195 190 225 314 311
Camberwell 16th 1 -0- 19 4 39.1% 1,041 2,663 146 165 386 347

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1959 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Junction Oval 56 - 83 9,000
SAT 19/09/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham Junction Oval 80 - 58 14,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Sandringham 2nd
Coburg 3rd
Oakleigh 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1959 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Junction Oval 96 - 100 22,000

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Coburg 2nd
Sandringham 3rd
Oakleigh 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1959 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg Junction Oval 111 - 76 26,000

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Coburg 2nd
Sandringham 3rd
Oakleigh 4th