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South Melbourne vs Melbourne
| Round: 18 Venue: Lake Oval Date: Sat, 29-08-1959 2:15 pm Crowd: 22,500 | |||||
| South Melbourne | 2.2.14 | 4.7.31 | 5.10.40 | 8.13.61 | C: Ron Clegg |
| Melbourne | 1.6.12 | 3.11.29 | 5.15.45 | 10.16.76 | C: Norm Smith |
| STH by 2 | STH by 2 | MELB by 5 | MELB by 15 | ||
Match stats
| South Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 32 | Boyd, Ken | 1 | 21y 176d | 33 | 18 | |||||||||
| 34 | Burke, Dick | 0 | 20y 249d | 13 | 9 | |||||||||
| 8 | Gunn, Bill | 0 | 27y 178d | 104 | 101 | |||||||||
| 21 | Heriot, John | 0 | 19y 235d | 25 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kiteley, Jeff | 0 | 21y 356d | 12 | 2 | |||||||||
| 30 | Landorf, Ray | 0 | 21y 217d | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| 36 | McCormack, Ken | 0 | 26y 223d | 74 | 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | McGowan, Brian | 1 | 21y 240d | 46 | 67 | |||||||||
| 28 | McGrath, Bill | 2 | 22y 269d | 15 | 18 | |||||||||
| 25 | McLaughlin, Hugh | 0 | 23y 320d | 65 | 1 | |||||||||
| 44 | Munn, Bob | 0 | 19y 250d | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| 19 | Oaten, Max | 1 | 24y 215d | 37 | 58 | |||||||||
| 39 | Power, Bill | 1 | 21y 303d | 30 | 15 | |||||||||
| 41 | Sharp, Laurie | 0 | 24y 4d | 52 | 19 | |||||||||
| 14 | Skilton, Bob | 2 | 20y 294d | 63 | 128 | |||||||||
| 15 | Svenson, John | 0 | 28y 82d | 36 | 16 | |||||||||
| 37 | Tagliabue, Gerald | 0 | 23y 348d | 32 | 6 | |||||||||
| 48 | Taube, Greg | 0 | 21y 133d | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 | Taylor, Jim | 0 | 27y 235d | 134 | 35 | |||||||||
| 20 | Trethowan, John | 0 | 22y 305d | 59 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 13 | 23y 49d | 860 | 517 | |||||||||
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 6 | Adams, Frank | 2 | 24y 78d | 87 | 88 | |||||||||
| 31 | Barassi, Ron | 2 | 23y 183d | 113 | 171 | |||||||||
| 30 | Beckwith, John | 0 | 26y 347d | 158 | 19 | |||||||||
| 38 | Brenchley, Peter | 1 | 22y 310d | 28 | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 | Case, Geoff | 0 | 23y 348d | 99 | 34 | |||||||||
| 9 | Dixon, Brian | 0 | 23y 101d | 100 | 20 | |||||||||
| 1 | Fenton-Smith, Dick | 0 | 27y 314d | 48 | 21 | |||||||||
| 16 | Johnson, Bob | 3 | 24y 87d | 103 | 197 | |||||||||
| 8 | Johnson, Bob 'Tassie' | 0 | 21y 270d | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Jones, Dennis | 0 | 22y 289d | 38 | 4 | |||||||||
| 35 | Laidlaw, Clyde | 0 | 25y 275d | 81 | 32 | |||||||||
| 4 | Lord, John | 0 | 22y 149d | 31 | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 | Mann, Harold 'Hassa' | 0 | 18y 323d | 15 | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 | McLean, Ian | 0 | 30y 2d | 140 | 29 | |||||||||
| 11 | Mithen, Laurie | 0 | 25y 136d | 97 | 45 | |||||||||
| 24 | Ridley, Ian | 1 | 25y 195d | 94 | 166 | |||||||||
| 2 | Rowarth, Alan | 1 | 23y 5d | 25 | 37 | |||||||||
| 26 | Thorogood, Ian | 0 | 23y 4d | 45 | 1 | |||||||||
| 23 | Tunbridge, Geoff | 0 | 27y 144d | 56 | 73 | |||||||||
| 33 | Wilson, Colin | 0 | 26y 37d | 63 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rushed | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 16 | 24y 161d | 1439 | 972 | |||||||||
Match highlights
Colin Wilson played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)Bill Gunn played his last game for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)