1959 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1959 between Melbourne and Essendon in the grand final of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (17.13.115) defeated Essendon (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 September 1959
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 103,506

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 17.13.115 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Essendon 3 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin ESSE by 13 MELB by 3 MELB by 6 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

R. Caird
D. Cranch

Boundary Umpires

H. Kent
W. Treloar

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 4 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 4 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
47 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 4 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 2 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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