1955 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 122.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Les Borrack (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Noel Rayson (77)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Geoff Williams

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Davis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barton, Colin #9 8 R06, R08-R10, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
Baumgartner, Ivan #22 3 R01-R03 1
Beardsley, Ken #34 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 14
Borrack, Les #14 17 R01, R03-R09, R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 5
Bow, Glen #30 6 R01, R03-R04, R10, R12, R15 0
Brown, Clive #32 17 R04-R18, SF, PF 2
Bullen, Roger #29 9 R07-R11, R13-R14, SF, PF 3
Cameron, Ken #16 17 R03, R05-R18, SF, PF 0
Davis, Bob #4 14 R01-R05, R08-R16 8
Ferrari, Bruce #18 8 R05-R07, R10-R11, R13-R15 1
Flanagan, Fred #10 4 R01-R04 9
Gazzard, Bob #23 10 R02, R05-R08, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Goggin, Matt #1 14 R01-R04, R09, R11-R17, SF, PF 2
Hawking, Howard #5 2 R02, R12 0
Haygarth, John #10 5 R12, R16-R18, SF 2
Herbert, Harry #24 12 R01-R04, R11-R18 3
Hovey, Ron #12 19 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF 0
McMahon, John #22 17 R01-R15, SF, PF 8
Middlemiss, Russell #2 2 R01, R05 0
O'Connell, John #20 14 R01-R11, R17-R18, PF 20
O'Neill, John #17 19 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF 5
Pianto, Peter #6 16 R01-R12, R14, R18, SF, PF 19
Rayson, Noel #27 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 80
Renfrey, Russ #8 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 7
Roberts, Jim #15 5 R02, R07, R10, R12-R13 0
Sharp, Norm #26 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 3
Smith, Bernie #11 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Sutcliffe, Max #31 15 R04-R09, R11-R17, SF, PF 11
Trezise, Neil #28 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 33
Umbers, Geoff #19 1 R06 0
Williams, Geoff #21 16 R01-R10, R13, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Wiltshire, Bob #37 5 R14-R18 1
Worner, Bert #25 5 R13, R15-R18 1

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)
Hickey, Reg 20 15 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 38 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
23/04/1955 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 49 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
30/04/1955 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 38 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
07/05/1955 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN GEE by 10 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
14/05/1955 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 12 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
21/05/1955 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 19 Reg Hickey unknown
28/05/1955 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 15 Reg Hickey unknown
04/06/1955 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 10 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
13/06/1955 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 14 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
25/06/1955 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 13 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
02/07/1955 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 59 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
09/07/1955 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 11 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
16/07/1955 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 19 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
23/07/1955 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 3 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
30/07/1955 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 21 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
06/08/1955 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 3 Reg Hickey Bob Davis
13/08/1955 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 79 Reg Hickey unknown
20/08/1955 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 6 Reg Hickey unknown
27/08/1955 Semi Final Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 8 Reg Hickey unknown
10/09/1955 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 12 Reg Hickey unknown