Reference_ 1959 VFL Grand Final

Matches

Introduction

Season and Lead-up

Teams

Melbourne

B:	John Beckwith	Tassie Johnson	John Lord b1937
HB:	Geoff Case	Dennis Jones	Ian Thorogood
C:	Ian McLean	Laurie Mithen	Brian Dixon
HF:	Geoff Tunbridge	Clyde Laidlaw	Hassa Mann
F:	Ron Barassi Jnr	Alan Rowarth	Ian Ridley
Foll:	Bob B Johnson	Dick Fenton-Smith	Frank Adams
Reserve(s):	Don Williams	Peter Brenchley
Coach:	Norm Smith

Essendon

B:	Bob Shearman	John Towner	Brian Sampson
HB:	Alex Epis	Ian Shelton	Col Hebbard
C:	Alby Murdoch	Reg Burgess	Barry Capuano
HF:	Ken Peucker	Ken Fraser	Greg Sewell
F:	David Shaw	Ron Evans b1939	John Birt
Foll:	Geoff Leek	Hugh Mitchell	Jack E Clarke
Reserve(s):	Barry Mackie	Graham Leydin
Coach:	Dick Reynolds

Links for Player Pages

Reference_ 1959 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Melbourne)
Reference_ 1959 VFL Grand Final - Defeated Team (Essendon)

The Game

M.C.G.
Sat, 26-Sep-1959 2:50 PM
Crowd: 103,506

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final
Melbourne	1.4 (10)	8.5 (53)	11.10 (76)	17.13 (115)
Essendon	3.5 (23)	7.8 (50)	10.10 (70)	11.12 (78)
Difference	ES by 13	ME by 3	ME by 6	ME by 37

Goals:
Melbourne: R Barassi 4, A Rowarth 4, F Adams 3, B Johnson 3, H Mann, I Ridley,G Tunbridge
Essendon: G Sewell 4, J Clarke 2, R Evans 2, D Shaw 2, K Fraser

Match Previews

The Age 25-Sep-1959 p20 - Wells Cartoon
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ze00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7144%2C4185766

Match Reviews

The Age 29-Sep-1959 p22
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0O00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6379%2C4656051

Photos

The Age 29-Sep-1959 p22
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0O00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C4657814

The Age 29-Sep-1959 p1
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z-00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5926%2C4544172

The Aftermath

External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_VFL_Grand_Final
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1959/051119590926.html