1955 Round 3: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, April 30th, 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,280
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 6.22.58 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 4 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 22 6 . 22 (58)
Footscray 2 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 8 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin MEL by 4 MEL by 7 MEL by 11 MEL by 12 MEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Harry Beitzel
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
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 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
32 Webster, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 10

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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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

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