The 1958 VFL season was the 62nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 12 April until 20 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
1958 VFL premiership season | |
---|---|
Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Collingwood 13th premiership |
Minor premiers | Melbourne 6th minor premiership |
Consolation series | St Kilda 1st Consolation series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Neil Roberts (St Kilda) |
Coleman Medallist | Ian Brewer (Collingwood) |
Matches played | 112 |
Highest | 99,256 |
The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated Melbourne by 18 points in the 1958 VFL Grand Final.
In 1958, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1958 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Melbourne | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1608 | 1300 | 123.7 | 60 |
2 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1528 | 1235 | 123.7 | 48 |
3 | Fitzroy | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1551 | 1283 | 120.9 | 48 |
4 | North Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1228 | 1324 | 92.7 | 44 |
5 | Essendon | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1519 | 1365 | 111.3 | 40 |
6 | Hawthorn | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1419 | 1298 | 109.3 | 36 |
7 | Carlton | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1158 | 1260 | 91.9 | 32 |
8 | St Kilda | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1340 | 1454 | 92.2 | 28 |
9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1450 | 1634 | 88.7 | 28 |
10 | Richmond | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1425 | 1611 | 88.5 | 28 |
11 | Footscray | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1401 | 1440 | 97.3 | 24 |
12 | Geelong | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1192 | 1615 | 73.8 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 77.9
Source: AFL Tables
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fitzroy | 3.3 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 9.12 (66) |
North Melbourne | 2.2 | 4.6 | 8.8 | 10.10 (70) |
Attendance: 68,213 |
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Melbourne | 5.0 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 11.12 (78) |
Collingwood | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 (33) |
Attendance: 77,350 |
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Collingwood | 5.5 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 14.12 (96) |
North Melbourne | 1.1 | 2.10 | 4.11 | 10.16 (76) |
Attendance: 77,656 |
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Melbourne | 5.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 9.10 (64) |
Collingwood | 2.2 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 12.10 (82) |
Attendance: 97,956 |
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season.