1959 VFL Grand Final
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1959 VFL Grand Final
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| Melbourne | 1.4 | 8.5 | 11.10 | 17.13 (115) |
| Essendon | 3.5 | 7.8 | 10.10 | 11.12 (78) |
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 63rd 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.
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Teams
- Umpire: Bill Barbour
Statistics
Goalkickers
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Melbourne:
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Essendon:
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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
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