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Melbourne vs Essendon

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Round: 8   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Mon, 15-06-1959 2:15 pm   Crowd: 52,880  
Melbourne 3.1.198.7.5511.12.7819.15.129 C:  Norm Smith
Essendon 3.3.215.4.346.6.428.8.56 C:  Dick Reynolds
  ESS by 2MELB by 21MELB by 36MELB by 73  

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
6 Adams, Frank 2 24y 3d 80 82
31 Barassi, Ron 2 23y 108d 104 146
30 Beckwith, John 0 26y 272d 149 19
7 Case, Geoff 0 23y 273d 89 34
9 Dixon, Brian 0 23y 26d 90 19
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick 0 27y 239d 42 18
16 Johnson, Bob 5 24y 12d 94 180
8 Johnson, Bob 'Tassie' 0 21y 195d 8 0
27 Jones, Dennis 0 22y 214d 28 4
35 Laidlaw, Clyde 2 25y 200d 71 29
29 Mann, Harold 'Hassa' 2 18y 248d 5 8
5 McLean, Ian 0 29y 292d 130 28
11 Mithen, Laurie 0 25y 61d 87 45
24 Ridley, Ian 0 25y 120d 86 158
2 Rowarth, Alan 1 22y 295d 16 14
26 Thorogood, Ian 0 22y 294d 36 1
23 Tunbridge, Geoff 5 27y 69d 46 64
15 Webb, Athol 0 23y 275d 73 146
25 Williams, Don 0 23y 224d 124 1
33 Wilson, Colin 0 25y 327d 59 1
  Rushed   15  
  Totals         19 15         24y 132d 1417 997
Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
11 Birt, Johnny 2 22y 137d 45 75
18 Burgess, Reg 0 24y 313d 92 8
20 Burt, Ian 0 22y 133d 3 0
1 Clarke, Jack 1 25y 336d 127 27
12 Dellar, Kevin 0 22y 18d 4 0
28 Epis, Alec 0 21y 292d 18 1
8 Evans, Ron 0 19y 343d 18 55
23 Fraser, Ken 1 19y 118d 25 9
4 Hebbard, Col 0 22y 217d 35 19
30 Leek, Geoff 1 27y 117d 125 68
16 Leydin, Graham 2 19y 86d 8 7
32 Mackie, Barry 0 21y 79d 7 3
7 Mann, Lance 0 28y 338d 68 22
31 Mitchell, Hugh 0 24y 205d 98 135
15 Murdoch, Alby 0 24y 148d 27 0
34 Sampson, Brian 0 18y 120d 5 2
9 Sewell, Greg 0 25y 350d 123 24
5 Shaw, David 0 20y 229d 8 1
35 Shearman, Bob 1 19y 274d 45 5
33 Towner, John 0 25y 208d 75 36
  Rushed   8  
  Totals         8 8         22y 312d 956 497

Match highlights

52,880 attended Melbourne vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.