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Grand final of the 1959 Victorian Football League season
1959 VFL Grand Final
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2
3
4
MEL
1.4 (10)
8.5 (53)
11.10 (76)
17.13 (115)
ESS
3.5 (23)
7.8 (50)
10.10 (70)
11.12 (78)
Date 26 September 1959 Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 103,506
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 successive Grand Final appearance. It was the second time in three years in which the two teams met in a Grand Final, with Melbourne also having won the
1957 VFL Grand Final .
Teams
Statistics
Goalkickers
Melbourne :
R Barassi 4
A Rowarth 4
F Adams 3
B Johnson 3
H Mann 1
I Ridley 1
G Tunbridge 1
Essendon :
G Sewell 4
J Clarke 2
R Evans 2
D Shaw 2
K Fraser 1
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.
ISBN
0-670-86814-0
See also
VFL/AFL home grounds AFLW home grounds VFL/AFL premierships (13) Runner-up (5) AFLW premierships (1) Runner-up (1) Seasons (150) (non-club articles in italics ) Women's seasons (7) Related articles Melbourne did not field a team from 1916–1918 due to the First World War
VFL/AFL home grounds VFA premierships (4) VFL/AFL premierships (16) Runner-up (14) VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144) AFLW home grounds AFLW seasons (2) Related articles Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to
World War I (indicated in grey)
Clubs
Seasons
Grand finals
Venues Awards Major recurring events Second-tier and junior competitions
Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924