1959 VFL season
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Footscray 17.11 ( 113 ) South Melbourne 13.8 ( 86 ) Western Oval 19,475 23 May 1959
Essendon 11.18 ( 84 ) Geelong 7.12 ( 54 ) Windy Hill 18,000 23 May 1959
Carlton 10.13 ( 73 ) Melbourne 9.7 ( 61 ) Princes Park 36,120 23 May 1959
St Kilda 10.21 ( 81 ) Hawthorn 11.11 ( 77 ) Junction Oval 21,500 23 May 1959
North Melbourne 11.10 ( 76 ) Fitzroy 9.19 ( 73 ) Arden Street Oval 15,000 23 May 1959
Richmond 13.20 ( 98 ) Collingwood 11.13 ( 79 ) Punt Road Oval 24,000 23 May 1959
Premiership season -- Round 5
The 1959 Victorian Football League season was the 63rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.