1955 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 150.5%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Denis Cordner (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Stuart Spencer (29)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Stuart Spencer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Noel McMahen
Vice-Captain(s): Ken Melville

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Frank #6 16 R01-R05, R08-R14, R16, R18, SF, GF 9
Atkinson, Dick #36 3 R06-R07, R14 0
Baker, Noel #21 6 R01-R06 0
Barassi, Ron #31 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 18
Baumgartner, Ivan #22 5 R06-R07, R10-R11, R13 0
Beckwith, John #30 17 R02, R05-R18, SF, GF 0
Bull, Tony #29 13 R01-R07, R09, R12-R15, R17 6
Carroll, Keith #19 6 R08-R11, R13, R15 0
Case, Geoff #7 14 R01-R08, R10-R13, SF, GF 7
Christie, Ken #4 7 R02-R04, R06, R14, R16-R17 0
Clarke, Kevin #8 1 R01 0
Clarke, Noel #26 10 R01-R02, R04-R07, R10-R12, GF 24
Cordner, Denis #1 19 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Dixon, Brian #9 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 7
Gleeson, Terry #28 10 R07-R13, R18, SF, GF 5
Johnson, Bob #18 18 R01-R07, R09-R17, SF, GF 27
Johnson, Trevor #14 13 R03, R08-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Laidlaw, Clyde #16 18 R01-R05, R07-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 10
Lane, Ralph #34 9 R01-R09 1
Marquis, Peter #3 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
McGivern, Geoff #17 9 R12-R18, SF, GF 0
McKenzie, Bob #2 7 R03, R15-R18, SF, GF 9
McLean, Ian #5 18 R01, R04-R18, SF, GF 3
McMahen, Noel #35 19 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF, GF 1
Melville, Ken #38 15 R01-R08, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Mithen, Laurie #11 17 R01, R04-R06, R08-R18, SF, GF 22
Ridley, Ian #24 15 R06-R18, SF, GF 31
Spencer, Stuart #12 19 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 34
Webb, Athol #15 8 R12-R18, SF 14
Webster, Fred #32 3 R02-R03, R14 2
Williams, Don #25 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Wilson, Colin #33 10 R01-R05, R08-R09, R13, R17-R18 0

Team Line-Up

Back: John Beckwith Peter Marquis Trevor Johnson
Half-Back: Don Williams Geoff McGivern Noel McMahen
Centre: Ian McLean Ken Melville Geoff Case
Half-Forward: Laurie Mithen Clyde Laidlaw Bob McKenzie
Forward: Bob Johnson Noel Clarke Ian Ridley
Follower: Denis Cordner Ron Barassi Stuart Spencer
Interchange: Frank Adams Terry Gleeson

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)
Smith, Norm 20 17 -0- 3 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 59 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
23/04/1955 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 49 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
30/04/1955 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 12 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
07/05/1955 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 13 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
14/05/1955 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 14 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
21/05/1955 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 27 Norm Smith Ken Melville
28/05/1955 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 1 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
04/06/1955 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 65 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
13/06/1955 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 16 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
25/06/1955 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 32 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
02/07/1955 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 3 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
09/07/1955 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 97 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
16/07/1955 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 19 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
23/07/1955 Round 14 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
30/07/1955 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 27 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
06/08/1955 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 65 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
13/08/1955 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
20/08/1955 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 63 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
03/09/1955 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 11 Norm Smith Noel McMahen
17/09/1955 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 28 Norm Smith Noel McMahen