Match Recap
Round 18·Sat, 29-Aug-1959 2:20 PM·Western Oval·29,629 att.
Footscray
10.14 (74)
vs
Essendon
17.15 (117)
Essendon won by 43

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray2.3 (15)6.10 (46)7.11 (53)10.14 (74)10.14 (74)
Essendon8.2 (50)10.4 (64)15.10 (100)17.15 (117)17.15 (117)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#7 Lyle Anderson
#18 Ray Baxter1
#33 John Brereton
#28 John Clegg
#10 Don Darcey
#2 Terry Devery
#11 Arthur Edwards
#12 Alex Gardiner1
#23 John Hoiles
#31 Ron Howard1
#17 Graham Ion1
#25 John Jillard
#29 Bernie Lee
#38 Brian Prior3
#14 John Schultz
#8 Bob Spargo
#26 Ray Walker
#10 John Westacott
#3 Ted Whitten3
#35 Peter Wood

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 John Birt3
#18 Reg Burgess
#47 Barry Capuano
#1 Jack Clarke3
#36 Paul Doran
#28 Alec Epis
#8 Ron Evans3
#23 Ken Fraser
#4 Col Hebbard1
#30 Geoff Leek1
#32 Barry Mackie
#7 Lance Mann
#31 Hugh Mitchell2
#15 Alby Murdoch
#29 Ken Peucker3
#34 Brian Sampson
#5 David Shaw1
#35 Bob Shearman
#10 Ian Shelton
#33 John Towner