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1958 VFL Grand Final

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{| class=’wikitable’ | align=’right’
|- bgcolor=’#FF0033′
! Team !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Final
|-
| ”'[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]”’ || ”’2.2”’ || ”’7.6”’|| ”’12.9”’ || ”’12.10 (77)”’
|-
| [[Melbourne Demons|Melbourne]] || 5.1 || 7.4 || 7.6 || 9.10 (65)
|-
|align=center|Attendance: 97,956
|-
|}
The ”’1958 VFL Grand Final”’ took place on September 20, 1958 at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] between VFL clubs [[Collingwood Magpies|Collingwood]] and [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]. Melbourne had won the previous three premierships and were looking to equal Collingwood’s 1927-30 Premiership record.

===Teams===
{| class=’wikitable’
!
!
!Collingwood
!
|-
|Backs
|align=center|[[Ron Reeves (Australian footballer)|Ron Reeves]]
|align=center|[[Harry Sullivan (footballer)|Harry Sullivan]]
|align=center|[[Ray Gabelich]]
|-
|H/Backs
|align=center|[[Kevin Rose (Australian rules footballer)|Kevin Rose]]
|align=center|[[Mike Delanty]]
|align=center|[[Peter Lucas]]
|-
|Centre Line
|align=center|[[Brian Gray]]
|align=center|[[John Henderson (footballer)|John Henderson]]
|align=center|[[Ken Turner (Australian rules footballer)|Ken Turner]]
|-
|H/Forwards
|align=center|[[Brian Beers]]
|align=center|[[Murray Weideman]]
|align=center|[[Bill Serong]]
|-
|Forwards
|align=center|[[Mick Twomey]]
|align=center|[[Ian Brewer]]
|align=center|[[Ken Bennett (footballer)|Ken Bennett]]
|-
|Rucks/Rover
|align=center|[[Graeme Fellowes]]
|align=center|[[Barry Harrison]]
|align=center|[[Thorold Merrett]]
|-
|Reserves
|align=center|[[Robert Greve]]
|align=center|[[Ken Smale]]
|align=center|
|-
|Coach
|align=center|[[Phonse Kyne]]
|-
|}
{| class=’wikitable’
!
!
!Melbourne
!
|-
|Backs
|align=center|[[John Beckwith (footballer)|John Beckwith]](C)
|align=center|[[Peter Marquis]]
|align=center|[[Colin Wilson (footballer)|Colin Wilson]]
|-
|H/Backs
|align=center|[[Keith Carroll]]
|align=center|[[Don Williams (footballer)|Don Williams]]
|align=center|[[Ian Thorogood]]
|-
|Centre Line
|align=center|[[Brian Dixon]]
|align=center|[[Laurie Mithen]]
|align=center|[[Ian McLean]]
|-
|H/Forwards
|align=center|[[Geoff Tunbridge]]
|align=center|[[Trevor Johnson (footballer)|Trevor Johnson]]
|align=center|[[Peter Brenchley]]
|-
|Forwards
|align=center|[[Bob Johnson (footballer)|Bob Johnson]]
|align=center|[[Athol Webb]]
|align=center|[[Frank ‘Bluey’ Adams]]
|-
|Rucks/Rover
|align=center|[[Dick Fenton-Smith]]
|align=center|[[Ron Barassi]]
|align=center|[[Ian Ridley]]
|-
|Reserves
|align=center|[[Neil Crompton (footballer)|Neil Crompton]]
|align=center|[[Terry Gleeson]]
|align=center|
|-
|Coach
|align=center|[[Norm Smith]]
|-
|}
*Umpire: Allan Nash

{{AFL/VFL Grand Finals}}

(Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)

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