1955 Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday, April 23rd, 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,263
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 16.15.111 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 8 9 . 9 13 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Geelong 4 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 7 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin MEL by 19 MEL by 36 MEL by 59 MEL by 49 MEL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Reg Hickey (Geelong)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Bob Davis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Nash
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s): Desmond Fitzgerald
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 7 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Fred ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 16 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 2 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
5 Hawking, Howard ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 14

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
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Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey

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