Round 8, 1959 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Monday 15 June 1959, 2:20pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 19 | 55 | 78 | 129 |
| Essendon | 21 | 34 | 42 | 56 |
Crowd 52,880. Coaches: Norm Smith and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Bill Barbour.
| Laurie Mithen | 11 | 0 |
| Colin Wilson | 33 | 0 |
| Ian McLean | 5 | 0 |
| Ian Thorogood | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Fenton-Smith | 1 | 0 |
| Athol Webb | 15 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 0 |
| Geoff Case | 7 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| Ian Ridley | 24 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Dennis Jones | 27 | 0 |
| Tassie Johnson | 8 | 0 |
| Alan Rowarth | 2 | 1 |
| Frank Adams | 6 | 2 |
| Ron Barassi | 31 | 2 |
| Hassa Mann | 29 | 2 |
| Clyde Laidlaw | 35 | 2 |
| Geoff Tunbridge | 23 | 5 |
| Bob Johnson | 16 | 5 |
| Col Hebbard | 4 | 0 |
| Lance Mann | 7 | 0 |
| Alby Murdoch | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Evans | 8 | 0 |
| Kevin Dellar | 12 | 0 |
| Ian Burt | 20 | 0 |
| Barry Mackie | 32 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Reg Burgess | 18 | 0 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 0 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 0 |
| John Towner | 33 | 0 |
| David Shaw | 5 | 0 |
| Brian Sampson | 34 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 1 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 1 |
| Bob Shearman | 35 | 1 |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 1 |
| John Birt | 11 | 2 |
| Graham Leydin | 16 | 2 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503