1959 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1959 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1959 VFL 50px 17.13 (115) 50px 11.12 (78) MEL ESS 1.4 (10) 8.5 (53) 11.10 (76) 17.13 (115) 3.5 (23) 7.8 (50) 10.10 (70) 11.12 (78) 26 September 1959 103,506 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1958 1960 The 1959 VFL grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 20 September 1959. It was the 62nd annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1959 VFL season. The match, attended by 103,506 spectators, was won by Melbourne by 37 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory. This was Melbourne's sixth of seven successive grand final appearance. It was the second time in three years in which the two teams met in the grand final, with Melbourne also having won the previous one in 1957. The 1959 grand final was the first to conclude with the presentation of a VFL premiership cup, which was inaugurated this year.https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE8566332&file=FL17717715&mode=browse 17 Football Record 1975 64 32 Story of the cup Teams _red_v_top 061A33 000000 ff0000 Melbourne _redrightsash _hoops_black 000000 FB0000 Essendon #CC2031 Melbourne Melbourne Football Club #061A33 John Beckwith (c) Tassie Johnson John Lord Geoff Case Dennis Jones Ian Thorogood Ian McLean Laurie Mithen Brian Dixon Geoff Tunbridge Clyde Laidlaw Hassa Mann Ron Barassi Alan Rowarth Ian Ridley Bob Johnson Dick Fenton-Smith Frank 'Bluey' Adams Don Williams Peter Brenchley Norm Smith #CC2031 Essendon Essendon Football Club #000000 Bob Shearman John Towner Brian Sampson Alec Epis Ian Shelton Col Hebbard Alby Murdoch Reg Burgess Barry Capuano Ken Peucker Ken Fraser Greg Sewell David Shaw Ron Evans John Birt Geoff Leek Hugh Mitchell Jack Clarke (c) Barry Mackie Graham Leydin Dick Reynolds Umpire: Bill Barbour Statistics Goalkickers Melbourne: R Barassi 4 A Rowarth 4 F Adams 3 B Johnson 3 H Mann 1 I Ridley 1 G Tunbridge 1Essendon: G Sewell 4 J Clarke 2 R Evans 2 D Shaw 2 K Fraser 1 References AFL Tables: 1959 Grand Final The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004 Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. 0-670-86814-0 See also 1959 VFL season Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Melbourne Football Club Category:Essendon Football Club