1959 VFL Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne were the premiers, with John Beckwith as the premiership captain and Norm Smith as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1959 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ken Hands
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds Alan Thaw
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Len Smith
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten Joe Ryan
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jack Hale
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Alan McDonald
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Ron Clegg
St Kilda Junction Oval Jim Francis

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 13 -1- 4 54 142.7% 1,731 1,213 248 243 172 181
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 109.3% 1,534 1,404 213 256 199 210
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 121.6% 1,477 1,215 202 265 169 201
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 7 44 112.4% 1,598 1,422 224 254 199 228
Fitzroy 5th 10 -1- 7 42 113.5% 1,533 1,351 211 267 188 223
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 89.3% 1,331 1,490 188 203 204 266
Hawthorn 7th 9 -0- 9 36 112.7% 1,592 1,412 229 218 192 260
St Kilda 8th 9 -0- 9 36 94.3% 1,428 1,515 199 234 207 273
South Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 10 32 103.4% 1,515 1,465 210 255 205 235
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 13 20 78.5% 1,320 1,681 182 228 237 259
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.9% 1,309 1,771 183 211 250 271
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,178 1,607 161 212 228 239

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne 1st Premiers
Essendon 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton 3rd Defeated by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by Essendon (Semi Final)
Fitzroy 5th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 7th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 10th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 11th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 12th 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 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 98 - 84 31,000
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 60 - 101 40,125
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 131 - 120 20,000
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 63 - 86 17,200
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 70 - 117 25,000
SAT 18/04/1959 2:30 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 69 - 49 27,600

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 168.3% 101 60
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 167.1% 117 70
St Kilda 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 140.8% 69 49
North Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 136.5% 86 63
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 116.7% 98 84
Fitzroy 6th 1 -0- 0 4 109.2% 131 120
Hawthorn 7th 0 -0- 1 0 91.6% 120 131
Essendon 8th 0 -0- 1 0 85.7% 84 98
Geelong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 73.3% 63 86
Footscray 10th 0 -0- 1 0 71.0% 49 69
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 1 0 59.8% 70 117
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 59.4% 60 101

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 123 - 87 19,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 55 - 104 29,436
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 123 - 84 14,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 92 - 79 53,342
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 108 - 80 15,000
SAT 02/05/1959 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 99 - 83 27,250

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 145.3% 202 139
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 140.3% 209 149
South Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 139.9% 200 143
North Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 0 8 135.7% 194 143
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 1 4 113.0% 243 215
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 1 4 111.9% 207 185
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.7% 214 219
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 1 4 90.7% 156 172
Collingwood 9th 0 -0- 2 0 72.0% 139 193
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 2 0 70.3% 147 209
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 2 0 66.7% 150 225
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 2 0 60.1% 104 173

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 62 - 94 33,903
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 74 20,000
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 58 - 102 17,417
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 63 - 58 13,600
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 71 - 96 13,500
SAT 09/05/1959 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 65 - 52 30,200

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 147.3% 296 201
South Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 135.9% 265 195
North Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 127.9% 257 201
Hawthorn 4th 2 -0- 1 8 126.4% 345 273
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 119.9% 283 236
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 1 8 102.7% 301 293
Essendon 7th 1 -0- 2 4 103.6% 259 250
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 91.1% 214 235
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.8% 243 280
Collingwood 10th 0 -0- 3 0 70.0% 201 287
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 3 0 68.8% 221 321
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 3 0 58.9% 162 275

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 101 - 61 24,500
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 62 - 77 22,500
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 90 - 80 16,112
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 128 - 97 25,000
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 131 - 66 24,438
SAT 16/05/1959 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 91 - 64 30,360

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 151.5% 397 262
North Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 127.0% 334 263
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 137.1% 414 302
Hawthorn 4th 3 -0- 1 12 127.8% 473 370
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 1 12 112.1% 362 323
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 102.0% 305 299
Fitzroy 7th 2 -0- 2 8 99.5% 381 383
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 2 8 92.5% 333 360
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 3 4 98.2% 321 327
Collingwood 10th 0 -0- 4 0 70.1% 265 378
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 4 0 66.8% 282 422
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.2% 228 406

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 73 - 61 36,120
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 84 - 54 18,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 113 - 86 19,475
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 76 - 73 15,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 98 - 79 24,000
SAT 23/05/1959 2:30 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 81 - 77 21,500

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 145.5% 470 323
North Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 122.0% 410 336
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 126.7% 475 375
Hawthorn 4th 3 -0- 2 12 122.0% 550 451
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 102.8% 448 436
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 2 12 102.7% 386 376
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 3 8 106.3% 405 381
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 3 8 98.9% 454 459
Geelong 9th 2 -0- 3 8 87.2% 387 444
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 4 4 75.8% 380 501
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 4 4 69.3% 341 492
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 5 0 72.3% 344 476

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 112 - 71 24,740
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 94 22,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 76 - 129 16,736
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 75 - 83 28,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 83 - 106 23,000
SAT 30/05/1959 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 66 - 96 20,700

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 0 24 138.9% 553 398
North Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 0 24 125.9% 506 402
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 133.9% 604 451
St Kilda 4th 4 -0- 2 16 107.2% 492 459
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 3 12 117.0% 625 534
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 3 12 109.4% 499 456
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 96.6% 514 532
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 4 8 95.7% 529 553
Geelong 9th 2 -0- 4 8 80.8% 463 573
Collingwood 10th 1 -0- 5 4 83.4% 456 547
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 5 4 76.3% 463 607
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 5 4 68.2% 412 604

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 99 - 71 41,985
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 94 - 61 20,427
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 101 - 85 23,000
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 93 - 63 14,500
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 101 - 56 27,829
SAT 06/06/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 87 - 80 20,200

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 0 28 139.0% 652 469
North Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 115.2% 577 501
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 139.1% 705 507
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 2 20 107.4% 579 539
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 3 16 120.3% 718 597
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 3 16 110.9% 600 541
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 90.0% 570 633
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 5 8 95.2% 609 640
Collingwood 9th 2 -0- 5 8 90.5% 550 608
Geelong 10th 2 -0- 5 8 78.6% 524 667
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 6 4 75.1% 526 700
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 6 4 70.5% 497 705

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 40 - 30 17,632
SAT 13/06/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 37 - 63 11,523
SAT 13/06/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 84 - 54 12,500
MON 15/06/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 79 - 88 23,108
MON 15/06/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 129 - 56 52,880
MON 15/06/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 109 - 53 29,500

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 0 32 135.0% 740 548
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 119.1% 661 555
Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 148.1% 834 563
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 3 20 97.5% 632 648
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 4 16 113.4% 772 681
South Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 99.0% 679 686
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 4 16 97.9% 656 670
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 5 12 96.9% 649 670
Collingwood 9th 2 -0- 6 8 89.5% 580 648
Geelong 10th 2 -0- 6 8 79.9% 603 755
Richmond 11th 2 -0- 6 8 79.9% 589 737
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 7 4 69.5% 534 768

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 95 - 105 33,159
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 59 - 96 23,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 52 - 77 17,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 96 - 68 13,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 86 - 81 13,000
SAT 27/06/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 95 - 58 15,650

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 1 32 127.9% 835 653
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 121.5% 757 623
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 148.1% 911 615
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 3 24 103.0% 727 706
South Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 4 20 100.4% 784 781
Hawthorn 6th 4 -0- 5 16 108.7% 824 758
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 5 16 93.3% 715 766
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 6 12 96.6% 730 756
Collingwood 9th 3 -0- 6 12 95.6% 676 707
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 6 12 82.5% 675 818
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 7 8 77.8% 661 850
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 8 4 69.7% 602 864

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 63 25,149
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 139 - 73 26,000
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 93 - 75 14,150
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 97 - 92 15,500
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 73 - 106 21,000
SAT 04/07/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 76 - 77 23,800

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 2 32 143.0% 988 691
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 116.0% 820 707
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 114.6% 908 792
South Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 4 24 104.2% 890 854
St Kilda 5th 6 -0- 4 24 102.6% 803 783
Hawthorn 6th 5 -0- 5 20 108.4% 921 850
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 6 16 104.8% 869 829
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 6 16 98.7% 760 770
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 6 16 93.5% 807 863
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 7 12 81.5% 754 925
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 7 12 81.0% 748 924
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 9 4 70.7% 677 957

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 111 - 66 27,668
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 75 - 74 24,502
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 134 - 69 17,000
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 53 - 73 15,801
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 128 - 46 31,253
SAT 11/07/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 118 - 84 16,600

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 2 36 151.4% 1,116 737
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 118.8% 1,019 858
North Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 103.7% 866 835
South Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 107.5% 1,008 938
St Kilda 5th 6 -0- 5 24 97.2% 869 894
Hawthorn 6th 5 -0- 6 20 107.6% 995 925
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 6 20 106.8% 942 882
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 6 20 101.0% 941 932
Collingwood 9th 5 -0- 6 20 98.9% 835 844
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 8 12 80.3% 838 1,043
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 8 12 77.2% 817 1,058
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 10 4 70.9% 730 1,030

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 100 - 60 28,000
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 75 - 86 16,189
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 61 - 67 15,500
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 88 - 51 21,979
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 76 - 63 10,000
SAT 18/07/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 45 - 85 40,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 2 40 152.8% 1,204 788
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 112.6% 1,079 958
North Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 104.9% 942 898
South Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 5 28 102.9% 1,053 1,023
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 5 28 98.6% 955 969
Fitzroy 6th 6 -0- 6 24 107.0% 1,009 943
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 6 24 104.9% 1,041 992
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 6 24 103.5% 920 889
Hawthorn 9th 5 -0- 7 20 106.5% 1,056 992
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 9 12 80.5% 901 1,119
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 9 12 75.7% 868 1,146
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 11 4 72.1% 805 1,116

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 63 - 47 13,271
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 94 - 91 30,343
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 67 17,054
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 100 - 91 10,072
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 104 - 76 8,000
SAT 25/07/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 85 - 71 18,100

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 3 40 146.8% 1,295 882
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 113.6% 1,142 1,005
North Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 101.6% 1,018 1,002
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 5 32 100.0% 1,040 1,040
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 6 28 109.5% 1,106 1,010
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 6 28 103.5% 1,014 980
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 6 28 100.0% 1,120 1,120
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 7 24 103.2% 1,112 1,077
Hawthorn 9th 5 -0- 8 20 105.0% 1,147 1,092
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 9 16 82.7% 1,001 1,210
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 9 16 79.5% 972 1,222
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 12 4 72.3% 852 1,179

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 57 - 68 41,581
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 79 - 62 20,000
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 87 - 43 12,140
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 99 - 52 10,000
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 77 - 77 29,420
SAT 01/08/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 75 - 85 17,500

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -1- 3 42 143.1% 1,372 959
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 111.7% 1,199 1,073
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 102.4% 1,103 1,077
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 6 32 104.3% 1,082 1,037
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 6 32 99.1% 1,115 1,125
Fitzroy 6th 7 -1- 6 30 108.8% 1,183 1,087
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 7 28 104.6% 1,191 1,139
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 7 28 98.6% 1,182 1,199
Hawthorn 9th 6 -0- 8 24 108.9% 1,246 1,144
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 9 20 86.8% 1,088 1,253
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 10 16 77.5% 1,015 1,309
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 13 4 70.7% 904 1,278

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 90 - 65 29,176
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 47 14,488
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 80 - 71 12,549
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 74 - 110 18,500
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 84 - 104 16,000
SAT 08/08/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 62 - 63 13,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 4 44 112.6% 1,303 1,157
Melbourne 2nd 10 -1- 4 42 138.9% 1,443 1,039
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 99.2% 1,177 1,187
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 6 36 106.4% 1,172 1,102
Fitzroy 5th 8 -1- 6 34 111.5% 1,264 1,134
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 7 32 107.3% 1,301 1,213
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 7 32 97.1% 1,180 1,215
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 8 28 108.5% 1,309 1,206
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 8 28 98.6% 1,244 1,262
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 10 20 85.1% 1,135 1,334
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 11 16 77.8% 1,099 1,413
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 13 8 72.9% 984 1,349

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 119 - 40 23,856
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 53 14,774
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 81 - 106 15,076
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 71 - 35 12,000
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 92 - 47 53,479
SAT 15/08/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 76 - 85 14,100

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -1- 4 46 141.3% 1,535 1,086
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 108.1% 1,350 1,249
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 113.0% 1,291 1,142
North Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 6 40 96.9% 1,230 1,270
Fitzroy 5th 9 -1- 6 38 113.5% 1,347 1,187
Essendon 6th 9 -0- 7 36 108.7% 1,407 1,294
Hawthorn 7th 8 -0- 8 32 111.2% 1,380 1,241
St Kilda 8th 8 -0- 8 32 94.5% 1,215 1,286
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 9 28 98.0% 1,320 1,347
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 11 20 84.4% 1,216 1,440
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 12 16 74.3% 1,139 1,532
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 13 12 75.0% 1,069 1,425

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 98 - 96 18,720
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 74 - 54 30,000
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 35 - 65 33,960
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 120 - 66 21,646
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 42 - 134 12,500
SAT 22/08/1959 2:20 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 123 - 97 14,500

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -1- 4 50 143.7% 1,655 1,152
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 107.7% 1,448 1,345
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 115.2% 1,356 1,177
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 7 40 109.9% 1,481 1,348
North Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 7 40 90.6% 1,272 1,404
Fitzroy 6th 9 -1- 7 38 111.1% 1,401 1,261
St Kilda 7th 9 -0- 8 36 96.7% 1,338 1,383
Hawthorn 8th 8 -0- 9 32 110.2% 1,476 1,339
South Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 9 32 104.7% 1,454 1,389
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 12 20 82.2% 1,282 1,560
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 13 16 74.7% 1,236 1,655
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 14 12 74.1% 1,104 1,490

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 132 - 90 18,523
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 74 - 117 29,629
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 38 - 121 21,822
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 59 - 86 23,200
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 73 - 116 12,000
SAT 29/08/1959 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 61 - 76 22,500

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -1- 4 54 142.7% 1,731 1,213
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 109.3% 1,534 1,404
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 121.6% 1,477 1,215
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 7 44 112.4% 1,598 1,422
Fitzroy 5th 10 -1- 7 42 113.5% 1,533 1,351
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 89.3% 1,331 1,490
Hawthorn 7th 9 -0- 9 36 112.7% 1,592 1,412
St Kilda 8th 9 -0- 9 36 94.3% 1,428 1,515
South Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 10 32 103.4% 1,515 1,465
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 13 20 78.5% 1,320 1,681
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.9% 1,309 1,771
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,178 1,607

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 13 -1- 4 54 142.7% 1,731 1,213 248 243 172 181
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 109.3% 1,534 1,404 213 256 199 210
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 121.6% 1,477 1,215 202 265 169 201
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 7 44 112.4% 1,598 1,422 224 254 199 228
Fitzroy 5th 10 -1- 7 42 113.5% 1,533 1,351 211 267 188 223
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 89.3% 1,331 1,490 188 203 204 266
Hawthorn 7th 9 -0- 9 36 112.7% 1,592 1,412 229 218 192 260
St Kilda 8th 9 -0- 9 36 94.3% 1,428 1,515 199 234 207 273
South Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 10 32 103.4% 1,515 1,465 210 255 205 235
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 13 20 78.5% 1,320 1,681 182 228 237 259
Richmond 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.9% 1,309 1,771 183 211 250 271
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,178 1,607 161 212 228 239

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1959 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 62 - 100 86,198
SAT 12/09/1959 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 81 - 37 72,822

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Carlton 2nd
Essendon 3rd
Collingwood 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1959 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 50 - 57 65,896

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Essendon 2nd
Carlton 3rd
Collingwood 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1959 2:50 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 115 - 78 103,506

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Essendon 2nd
Carlton 3rd
Collingwood 4th