Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 18-Apr-1959 2:30 PM·Punt Rd·25,000 att.
Richmond
10.10 (70)
vs
Melbourne
16.21 (117)
Melbourne won by 47

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Richmond2.4 (16)3.5 (23)10.9 (69)10.10 (70)10.10 (70)
Melbourne3.2 (20)8.8 (56)10.11 (71)16.21 (117)16.21 (117)

Richmond — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#32 Ray Allsop
#33 Allan Cations
#24 Bill Clements
#5 Neville Crowe
#4 Dave Cuzens
#38 John DArcy1
#17 Bob Dummett2
#23 Frank Dunin
#27 Ian Gardner
#1 Paddy Guinane
#16 Graham Jacobs1
#28 Ted Langridge1
#14 Ron McDonald2
#13 Peter Morris2
#8 Doug Reynolds
#12 Alan Richardson
#31 Larry Rowe
#26 Col Saddington
#15 Fred Swift1
#2 Roy Wright

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 Frank Adams3
#31 Ron Barassi5
#30 John Beckwith
#7 Geoff Case
#9 Brian Dixon
#28 Terry Gleeson
#16 Bob Johnson3
#8 Tassie Johnson
#14 Trevor Johnson
#27 Dennis Jones
#35 Clyde Laidlaw1
#4 John Lord
#29 Hassa Mann
#5 Ian McLean
#11 Laurie Mithen
#24 Ian Ridley3
#2 Alan Rowarth1
#26 Ian Thorogood
#23 Geoff Tunbridge
#25 Don Williams