1955 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 88.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Don Furness (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Johnstone (32)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Don Furness

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Stephen

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 9 R01, R03, R12-R18 15
Anton, Alan #31 2 R02-R03 2
Barrett, John #32 8 R01-R02, R06, R08-R10, R13-R14 1
Bench, Arnie #24 6 R05, R12-R16 0
Carr, Reg #25 9 R03-R10, R13 0
Chambers, Ken #26 2 R11-R12 0
Chapman, James #1 2 R04-R05 0
Charles, John #22 2 R17-R18 0
Clark, Wally #7 4 R08, R10-R12 3
Collins, Bob #36 3 R01-R03 0
Darrigan, Kevin #28 8 R02, R04, R06-R09, R17-R18 3
Davey, Colin #11 18 R01-R18 0
Elder, Toby #6 5 R01-R02, R11-R13 1
Furness, Don #30 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 5
Gale, Alan #33 13 R01-R07, R10-R12, R14-R16 0
Gervasoni, Jack #4 18 R01-R18 12
Goodger, Eddie #15 18 R01-R18 0
Harvey, Ron #19 6 R01-R06 5
Henderson, Bob #23 15 R01-R11, R15-R18 0
Jarman, Laurie 2 R17-R18 2
Johnstone, Norm #17 17 R01-R17 32
Knight, Graham #27 11 R04-R07, R09, R13-R18 14
MacGregor, Jack #14 9 R01, R06-R07, R09-R10, R12-R15 6
Murray, Kevin #2 15 R04-R18 0
Ongarello, Tony #5 14 R01-R02, R04-R11, R13-R16 30
Pert, Brian #3 7 R01-R03, R08-R10, R18 4
Proudfoot, Gordon #20 1 R03 0
Ross, Ken #22 9 R01-R03, R07-R11, R13 6
Smith, Bill #35 2 R17-R18 0
Smith, Ron #35 5 R08, R11-R14 0
Smyth, Leo #21 14 R01, R03-R15 4
Stephen, Bill #8 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Streader, Jack #18 4 R08-R10, R16 3
Trickey, Ern #34 8 R05, R12-R18 1
Vernon, Rod #9 15 R04-R18 7
Webb, Keith #12 16 R01-R12, R15-R18 12
Williams, Vin #10 14 R02-R07, R11-R18 3
Wilson, Bobby #29 3 R16-R18 1
Wright, Kevin #13 12 R01-R04, R07, R11, R13-R18 3

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Stephen, Bill 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 35 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
23/04/1955 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 38 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
30/04/1955 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 57 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
07/05/1955 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 10 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
14/05/1955 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 22 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
21/05/1955 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 8 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
28/05/1955 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 64 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
04/06/1955 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 17 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
13/06/1955 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 74 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
25/06/1955 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 32 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
02/07/1955 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 26 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
09/07/1955 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 61 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
16/07/1955 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 54 Bill Stephen unknown
23/07/1955 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 14 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
30/07/1955 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 21 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
06/08/1955 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 22 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
13/08/1955 Round 17 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 18 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen
20/08/1955 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 10 Bill Stephen Bill Stephen