1959 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1959 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Neil Trezise captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (12.9.81) were defeated by Essendon (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,076

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 12.9.81 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 4 . 5 11 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Essendon 3 . 6 9 . 10 11 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin GEEL by 3 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 2 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
11 Perry, Alex ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 5 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 4 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
47 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 5 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mackie, Barry ? ? 0 ?
7 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 2 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

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