1955 Round 16: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, August 6th, 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,352
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 16.23.119 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 9 7 . 14 10 . 19 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
Essendon 0 . 4 3 . 7 3 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MEL by 23 MEL by 31 MEL by 51 MEL by 65 MEL by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Noel McMahen (Melbourne), Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Nash
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 ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 16 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
36 Chapman, Keith ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 1 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 2 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 12

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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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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