1955 Round 14: Footscray v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, July 23rd, 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)
Attendance: 32,735
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 11.8.74 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Melbourne 1 . 10 2 . 13 5 . 18 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Margin MEL by 1 FOO by 16 level FOO by 1 FOO by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Geoff Robinson
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)

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
8 Clough, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 2 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 11 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
36 Atkinson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Fred ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 9 19

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

Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

Score Timeline

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