1955 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 106.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Des Rowe (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ray Poulter (49)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Des Rowe

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Des Rowe

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allsopp, Ray #32 4 R07-R10 2
Betson, Kevin #5 9 R01-R06, R11-R13 0
Bloodworth, Ray #27 1 R16 0
Branton, Ron #29 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 28
Cations, Allan #33 18 R01-R18 0
Claxton, John #34 3 R03-R05 2
Cooke, Allan #7 15 R01-R10, R13, R15-R18 3
Cox, Graham #36 7 R01-R03, R11-R12, R17-R18 2
Cox, Lance #36 5 R01-R02, R04-R06 0
Davie, Brian #35 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 2
Davies, Neil #10 2 R01-R02 1
Deane, Jim #11 18 R01-R18 5
Dillon, Kevin #31 9 R01-R09 0
Dummett, Bob #17 8 R01, R12-R18 32
Dunin, Frank #23 15 R04-R18 10
Flannagan, Charlie #25 1 R18 0
Gorwell, John #27 9 R03-R10, R15 0
Hafey, Tom #18 14 R03, R06-R18 1
Hall, Reg #26 11 R01-R02, R04, R07-R14 2
Jenkins, John #39 4 R12-R14, R16 1
Langridge, Ted #28 2 R06, R09 0
McDonald, Ron #14 15 R02-R16 22
McGown, Ken #12 9 R05, R07, R11-R17 0
Morcom, Stan #22 3 R01-R03 0
Morris, Peter #38 6 R13-R18 6
Nix, John #1 17 R02-R18 4
Poulter, Ray #24 16 R01-R12, R14-R16, R18 49
Ritchie, John #30 9 R02, R08-R11, R13-R15, R17 0
Robson, John #4 6 R04, R06-R10 4
Rowe, Des #15 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Rowe, Havel #3 13 R06-R18 2
Ryan, Frank #8 5 R05, R10-R13 0
Sawatzky, Herb #24 3 R03, R17-R18 0
Sharp, Laurie #6 6 R01, R14-R18 2
Slater, Frank #16 7 R01-R05, R10-R11 0
Spring, Geoff #19 18 R01-R18 6
Walton, Jim #20 4 R01, R13, R17-R18 0
Wright, Roy #2 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 15

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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)
Pannam, Alby 18 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
23/04/1955 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 31 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
30/04/1955 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 38 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
07/05/1955 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 58 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
14/05/1955 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 22 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
21/05/1955 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 22 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
28/05/1955 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 66 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
04/06/1955 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 2 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
13/06/1955 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 16 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
25/06/1955 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 50 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
02/07/1955 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 47 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
09/07/1955 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 41 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
16/07/1955 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 9 Alby Pannam Jim Deane
23/07/1955 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 3 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
30/07/1955 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 1 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
06/08/1955 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 22 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
13/08/1955 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 23 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
20/08/1955 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 94 Alby Pannam Des Rowe