1959 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1959 between Melbourne and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. John Beckwith captained the hosts. Neil Trezise captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (17.18.120) defeated Geelong (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 August 1959
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,646

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 17.18.120 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 8 . 8 13 . 13 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 4 5 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 22 MELB by 52 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 5 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 5 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 1 ?
13 Cougle, Barry ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 1 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
45 Routley, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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