1955 Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 3rd, 1955
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,215
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 8.8.56 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Collingwood 1 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin MEL by 7 MEL by 2 MEL by 7 MEL by 11 MEL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack McMurray
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 5 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
38 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
32 Greve, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil ? ? 1 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 1 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 1 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 9

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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Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne

Score Timeline

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