1959 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1959 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts. Neil Trezise captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (11.18.84) defeated Geelong (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 11.18.84 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 13 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Geelong 0 . 4 2 . 5 5 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Barber, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Dellar, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 4 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
14 Nicolson, Don ? ? 0 ?
24 Parks, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 1 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 1 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
37 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 1 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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