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.
The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated by 18 points in the 1958 VFL Grand Final.
Background
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.
Home-and-away season
Round 1
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.14 (80) | | 11.13 (79) | Glenferrie Oval | 21,000 | 12 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.17 (95) | | 8.10 (58) | Windy Hill | 21,500 | 12 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.23 (95) | | 17.18 (120) | Lake Oval | 22,815 | 12 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.9 (39) | | 23.21 (159) | Arden Street Oval | 14,500 | 12 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.5 (29) | | 12.11 (83) | Western Oval | 33,824 | 12 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 9.11 (65) | MCG | 38,006 | 12 April 1958
Round 2
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.6 (42) | | 17.8 (110) | Kardinia Park | 15,371 | 19 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.18 (84) | | 10.15 (75) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,000 | 19 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 10.8 (68) | Victoria Park | 28,769 | 19 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 11.7 (73) | Princes Park | 18,263 | 19 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.12 (138) | | 14.12 (96) | Punt Road Oval | 26,000 | 19 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.18 (120) | | 11.16 (82) | Junction Oval | 30,500 | 19 April 1958
Round 3
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.17 (83) | | 9.14 (68) | Punt Road Oval | 33,000 | 26 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.15 (57) | | 7.10 (52) | Victoria Park | 34,656 | 26 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.7 (115) | | 9.11 (65) | Princes Park | 17,681 | 26 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.9 (51) | | 12.18 (90) | Arden Street Oval | 13,500 | 26 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.18 (96) | | 24.13 (157) | Lake Oval | 21,809 | 26 April 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.14 (74) | | 7.6 (48) | Glenferrie Oval | 21,000 | 26 April 1958
Round 4
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.11 (59) | | 8.12 (60) | Kardinia Park | 14,045 | 3 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.12 (54) | | 6.4 (40) | Western Oval | 24,164 | 3 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.17 (113) | | 8.8 (56) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21,200 | 3 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.10 (76) | | 9.14 (68) | MCG | 38,966 | 3 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.9 (87) | | 9.15 (69) | Windy Hill | 28,000 | 3 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.21 (93) | | 8.7 (55) | Junction Oval | 27,700 | 3 May 1958
Round 5
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.18 (120) | | 9.4 (58) | Glenferrie Oval | 13,500 | 10 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.15 (81) | | 14.13 (97) | Kardinia Park | 16,391 | 10 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.14 (110) | | 7.12 (54) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21,500 | 10 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.8 (92) | | 13.15 (93) | Lake Oval | 21,000 | 10 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.12 (102) | | 12.15 (87) | MCG | 41,787 | 10 May 1958 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.10 (106) | | 3.15 (33) | Victoria Park | 27,658 | 10 May 1958