1959 VFL Season Round 13: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1959 between St Kilda and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (12.13.85) defeated Essendon (11.5.71).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 July 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,100

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 12.13.85 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Margin ESSE by 14 STKL by 5 STKL by 5 STKL by 14 STKL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
43 Bowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
42 Burgess, Terry ? ? 0 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
4 Feehan, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 1 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 2 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 3 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 3 ?
32 Stephenson, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 13

Essendon

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

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