1959 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1959 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eight 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 (19.15.129) defeated Essendon (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday 15 June 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,880

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 19.15.129 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 7 11 . 12 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin ESSE by 2 MELB by 21 MELB by 36 MELB by 73 MELB by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 5 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 15

Essendon

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

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