1955 Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 17th, 1955
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 88,053
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 8.16.64 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 10 4 . 13 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Collingwood 2 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 6 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin MEL by 1 MEL by 11 MEL by 7 MEL by 28 MEL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Neil Mann (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Harry Beitzel
Goal Umpire(s): Harry Clayton, Darrell Cranch
Boundary Umpire(s): John Geggie, William Treloar
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank SUB ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron RR ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPL ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff WR ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel FF ? 3 ?
1 Cordner, Denis RU ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry SUB ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob FPL ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor BPR ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde CHF ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter FB ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff CHB ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob HFFR ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian WL ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel HBFR ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken C ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie HFFL ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian FPR ? 3 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart RO ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Batchelor, Keith FF ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur RR ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack FB ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des WL ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill HFFL ? 1 ?
9 Kingston, Ron HBFR ? 0 ?
34 Kupsch, Bob SUB ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil RU ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold WR ? 0 ?
18 Parker, Jack C ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Ron RO ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob FPR ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel BPL ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken CHF ? 1 ?
24 Tuck, Frank CHB ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick FPL ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville BPR ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray HFFR ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total 5 6

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 L. Sharp 8 J. Hamilton 31 N. Waller 1 D. Cordner 6 F. Adams
24 I. Ridley 26 N. Clarke 18 B. Johnson 31 R. Barassi 28 T. Gleeson
FORWARD 12 S. Spencer

HALF-BACK



3 P. Lucas 24 F. Tuck 9 R. Kingston



2 B. McKenzie 16 C. Laidlaw 11 L. Mithen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 D. Healey 18 J. Parker 17 T. Merrett



7 G. Case 38 K. Melville 5 I. McLean FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 N. Mann (c) 19 J. Hickey
HALF-FORWARD 14 A. Gooch 34 B. Kupsch
23 B. Jones 5 K. Smale 27 M. Weideman 20 R. Richards

35 N. McMahen (c) 17 G. McGivern 25 D. Williams



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 M. Twomey 4 K. Batchelor 22 B. Rose



14 T. Johnson 3 P. Marquis 30 J. Beckwith



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne

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