Match Recap
Round 8·Mon, 15-Jun-1959 2:20 PM·M.C.G.·52,880 att.
Melbourne
19.15 (129)
vs
Essendon
8.8 (56)
Melbourne won by 73

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne3.1 (19)8.7 (55)11.12 (78)19.15 (129)19.15 (129)
Essendon3.3 (21)5.4 (34)6.6 (42)8.8 (56)8.8 (56)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 Frank Adams2
#31 Ron Barassi2
#30 John Beckwith
#7 Geoff Case
#9 Brian Dixon
#1 Dick Fenton-Smith
#16 Bob Johnson5
#8 Tassie Johnson
#27 Dennis Jones
#35 Clyde Laidlaw2
#29 Hassa Mann2
#5 Ian McLean
#11 Laurie Mithen
#24 Ian Ridley
#2 Alan Rowarth1
#26 Ian Thorogood
#23 Geoff Tunbridge5
#15 Athol Webb
#25 Don Williams
#33 Colin Wilson

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 John Birt2
#18 Reg Burgess
#20 Ian Burt
#1 Jack Clarke1
#12 Kevin Dellar
#28 Alec Epis
#8 Ron Evans
#23 Ken Fraser1
#4 Col Hebbard
#30 Geoff Leek1
#16 Graham Leydin2
#32 Barry Mackie
#7 Lance Mann
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#15 Alby Murdoch
#34 Brian Sampson
#9 Greg Sewell
#5 David Shaw
#35 Bob Shearman1
#33 John Towner