1959 VFL Season
The complete 1959 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Melbournedef. Essendon
Melbourne won the 1959 VFL premiership, defeating Essendon in the Grand Final. Melbourne also finished the home-and-away season on top of the ladder.
12 teams contested the season. The 4th-placed cut-off sent Melbourne, Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon into the finals. Footscray finished last with 3 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1731 | 1213 | 142.7 | 54 |
| 2 | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1534 | 1404 | 109.3 | 52 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1477 | 1215 | 121.6 | 48 |
| 4 | Essendon | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1598 | 1422 | 112.4 | 44 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1533 | 1351 | 113.5 | 42 |
| 6 | North Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1331 | 1490 | 89.3 | 40 |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1592 | 1412 | 112.7 | 36 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1428 | 1515 | 94.3 | 36 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1515 | 1465 | 103.4 | 32 |
| 10 | Geelong | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1320 | 1681 | 78.5 | 20 |
| 11 | Richmond | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1309 | 1771 | 73.9 | 16 |
| 12 | Footscray | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1178 | 1607 | 73.3 | 12 |
Top 4 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
112 matches