1959 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1959 between Essendon and St Kilda during round two of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Neil Roberts captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jim Francis.

Essendon (18.15.123) defeated St Kilda (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 2 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 18.15.123 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 8 . 6 13 . 8 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
St Kilda 3 . 1 6 . 5 7 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin STKL by 3 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Boundary Umpires

R. Barker

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 6 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 2 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 5 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicolson, Don ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
4 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
33 Fox, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
1 Garlick, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 2 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 2 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Ross, Lester ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Walton, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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