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1959 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1959 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1959
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Melbourne Football Club Colours.svg	50px]]

home_score	17.13 (115)
away	[[File:Essendon Football Club colours.svg	50px]]

away_score	11.12 (78)
home_abbr	MEL
away_abbr	ESS
home_qtr1	1.4 (10)
home_qtr2	8.5 (53)
home_qtr3	11.10 (76)
home_qtr4	17.13 (115)
away_qtr1	3.5 (23)
away_qtr2	7.8 (50)
away_qtr3	10.10 (70)
away_qtr4	11.12 (78)
date	26 September 1959
attendance	103,506
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
last	1958
next	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.

Teams

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	John Beckwith]] (c)	fullback = Tassie Johnson	John Lord]]	halfbackflank1 = Geoff Case	Dennis Jones]]	halfbackflank2 = Ian Thorogood	Ian McLean]]	centre = Laurie Mithen	Brian Dixon]]	halfforwardflank1 = Geoff Tunbridge	centrehalfforward = Clyde Laidlaw	halfforwardflank2 = Hassa Mann	forwardpocket1 = Ron Barassi	fullforward = Alan Rowarth	forwardpocket2 = Ian Ridley	Bob Johnson]]	ruckrover = Dick Fenton-Smith	rover = Frank 'Bluey' Adams	Don Williams]]	reserve2 = Peter Brenchley	coach = Norm Smith}}		backpocket1 = Bob Shearman	fullback = John Towner	Brian Sampson]]	halfbackflank1 = Alec Epis	Ian Shelton]]	halfbackflank2 = Col Hebbard	wing1 = Alby Murdoch	centre = Reg Burgess	wing2 = Barry Capuano	halfforwardflank1 = Ken Peucker	centrehalfforward = Ken Fraser	halfforwardflank2 = Greg Sewell	David Shaw]]	fullforward = Ron Evans	John Birt]]	ruck = Geoff Leek	Hugh Mitchell]]	Jack Clarke]] (c)	reserve1 = Barry Mackie	reserve2 = Graham Leydin	coach = Dick Reynolds}}

Umpire: Bill Barbour

Statistics

Goalkickers

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.

References

(1975). "Story of the cup". Football Record.

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