1955 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 130.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Box (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Collins (60)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Peter Box

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Sutton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Box, Peter #5 17 R01-R16, R18 14
Bryden, Dave #18 16 R01-R07, R10-R18 4
Clough, Alan #8 12 R07-R18 3
Collins, Bob #23 8 R02, R09-R14, R17 1
Collins, Jack #2 15 R01-R04, R08-R18 60
Dixon, Ron #29 2 R07-R08 0
Donald, Wally #22 18 R01-R18 0
Duffy, Roger #7 16 R01-R15, R18 13
Edwards, Arthur #11 15 R01-R13, R15, R17 2
Gallagher, Jim #24 16 R01-R10, R13-R18 0
Gardiner, Alex #12 16 R03-R18 2
Gilmore, Brian #34 12 R01-R06, R08, R14-R18 3
Harper, Roy #10 4 R01-R03, R05 2
Henderson, Herb #25 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Kerr, John #1 18 R01-R18 24
Letcher, Ian #4 1 R17 1
McCarthy, Ron #33 6 R01-R03, R06-R07, R16 0
McDowell, Frank #19 1 R06 0
Nuttall, Jack #26 10 R01, R05-R13 0
Porta, Ron #21 10 R02-R05, R13-R18 1
Reynolds, Doug #28 18 R01-R18 5
Ross, Don #9 18 R01-R18 1
Ryan, Lionel #31 11 R01-R07, R14, R16-R18 4
Smith, Kevin #16 9 R06-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16 7
Smith, Kevin #8 4 R09-R10, R17-R18 9
Stevens, Harvey #32 15 R01-R09, R11-R13, R16-R18 16
Stockman, Ron #17 15 R01-R08, R11-R16, R18 0
Sutton, Charlie #6 10 R01, R04-R05, R08-R13, R18 4
Trusler, Alan #35 6 R11-R15, R17 7
Warren, Allen #20 4 R04, R09-R11 0
Westacott, John #10 3 R14-R16 0
Whitten, Ted #3 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0

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)
Sutton, Charlie 18 12 -0- 6 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 56 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
23/04/1955 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 31 Charlie Sutton unknown
30/04/1955 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 12 Charlie Sutton unknown
07/05/1955 Round 4 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 13 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
14/05/1955 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 12 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
21/05/1955 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 8 Charlie Sutton unknown
28/05/1955 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 7 Charlie Sutton unknown
04/06/1955 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 51 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
11/06/1955 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 55 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
25/06/1955 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 38 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
02/07/1955 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 33 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
09/07/1955 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 6 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
16/07/1955 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 9 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
23/07/1955 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 1 Charlie Sutton unknown
30/07/1955 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 20 Charlie Sutton unknown
06/08/1955 Round 16 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 3 Charlie Sutton unknown
13/08/1955 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 18 Charlie Sutton unknown
20/08/1955 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 60 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton