1959 VFL Season Round 10: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1959 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round ten of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (11.10.76) were defeated by Melbourne (9.23.77).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 23,800

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.10.76 - 9.23.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 5 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Melbourne 2 . 10 5 . 14 9 . 20 9 . 23 9 . 23 (77)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 12 MELB by 23 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 1 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 1 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 3 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Ross, Lester ? ? 0 ?
31 Stephens, Phil ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
32 Stephenson, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Walton, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 5 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 23

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