The 1959 VFL Grand Final, Melbourne versus Essendon, is telecast live on ABV2, HSV7 and GTV9. As per usual protocol with broadcasting of VFL matches at the time, only the final quarter of play is allowed to be telecast. ABV2 and GTV9 also present filmed replays of the final quarter later in the evening. HSV7 presents a replay of final quarter during World Of Sport the following afternoon.

Source: TV News-Times, 25 September 1959

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2PM	2pm Sportsview. Bob Walters
3PM		3.30pm The Teenage Show. John D’Arcy
4PM	4.25 Football: VFL Grand Final. Final Quarter. Melbourne v Essendon. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground	4.15 Sports Results. Geoff Hiscock 4.20 Football: VFL Grand Final. Final Quarter. Melbourne v Essendon. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground	4pm Sports Roundup. Barry McQueen 4.25 Football: VFL Grand Final. Final Quarter. Melbourne v Essendon. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground
5PM	5pm Sportsview (cont’d) 5.30 Cartoon Time	5.15 These Were Hits 5.45 Sporting Stop Press	5.30 Meet Corliss Archer
6PM	6pm Six O’Clock Rock. Johnny O’Keefe 6.45 Fights Of The Century	6pm Peters Fun Fair 6.30 Swallow’s Juniors. Brian Naylor	6pm Laurel And Hardy 6.30 The Swallow’s Show. Bert Newton
7PM	7pm ABC News. Norman Griffiths 7.15 Movie Museum 7.30 Sports Review. Joe Brown, Ray McDonald	7pm Pelaco Sports Inquest 7.30 The Nelsons	7pm Pick A Box 7.30 Movie: Angel And The Badman [IMDB]
8PM	8pm The Trouble With Father 8.30 Movie: Best Of The Badmen [IMDB]	8pm Cheyenne 8.45 Five Star Playhouse
9PM	9.50 Football: VFL Grand Final. Highlights	9.15 Movie: Mister Universe [IMDB]	9pm State Trooper 9.30 Twenty Six Men
10PM	10.15 Old Time Ballroom. Keith Glover	10.45 News	10pm Football: VFL Grand Final Replay 10.30 Mickey Spillane
11PM	11pm Close	11pm Ringside With The Rasslers 11.55 Close	11pm Special: Khrushchev’s US Tour
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