1955 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-0-17, P%: 45.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 45
Brownlow Leader(s): Neil Roberts (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack McDonald (24)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Neil Roberts

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Les Foote

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Peter #27 3 R05-R07 0
Bland, Dave #19 7 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08-R10 8
Burton, Gerry #9 10 R01-R04, R10-R15 0
Byron, Ron #22 2 R01, R03 0
Callow, Allan #6 15 R01-R08, R11-R12, R14-R18 10
Camm, Jim #19 4 R09, R16-R18 0
Cole, Des #7 1 R01 0
Cooper, Peter #38 1 R12 0
Cuffe, Jack 1 R13 0
Davies, Harold #12 11 R01, R03-R05, R08, R12-R15, R17-R18 1
Derrick, Ron #7 2 R17-R18 0
Dihm, Merv #8 8 R09-R16 0
Drohan, Ian #37 3 R09-R11 0
Foote, Les #1 15 R01-R02, R04, R06-R08, R10-R18 2
Giblett, Michael #36 7 R01, R07-R09, R16-R18 0
Gilmore, Brian #22 10 R06-R15 2
Gleeson, Bill #24 12 R02-R05, R08-R09, R11, R14-R18 7
Gleeson, Brian #30 14 R01-R02, R04, R06-R10, R12-R17 6
Houston, Ray #3 14 R01-R10, R13, R15-R16, R18 2
Howell, Don #21 16 R01-R03, R06-R18 6
Hurst, Arthur #15 10 R02-R04, R08-R11, R13-R15 4
Jeans, Allan #14 14 R02-R03, R05-R08, R10-R16, R18 0
Jewitt, Jim #18 2 R03-R04 1
Jones, Geoff #32 3 R01-R03 2
Lennie, Stuart #5 10 R01-R09, R16 12
Linney, Neville #8 1 R05 0
McCooke, Milne #18 7 R10-R14, R17-R18 7
McDonald, Jack #2 10 R01-R07, R16-R18 24
McLaren, Mick #27 4 R01-R02, R17-R18 0
McLennan, Bruce #31 10 R02, R04, R06-R07, R11-R15, R17 5
Mennie, Allan #39 7 R05-R07, R09-R10, R12, R16 0
Milnes, Brian #23 6 R03-R07, R09 0
Minihan, Graham #35 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 4
Mollar, Max #29 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 0
Mulhall, Ken #4 11 R01-R03, R08-R13, R17-R18 5
Nelson, John #16 11 R06-R11, R13-R17 0
Osborne, Alan #20 1 R05 0
Phillips, Bruce #14 16 R01-R08, R10-R16, R18 4
Reeves, John #28 8 R04-R06, R10-R14 1
Roberts, Neil #10 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 1
Sabbatucci, Vin #37 1 R05 0
Shields, Ron #34 7 R03-R07, R11, R15 0
Stephenson, Max #32 3 R16-R18 0
Suttie, Jack #40 1 R12 1
Watt, Bob #26 11 R03-R05, R08-R09, R13-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)
Foote, Les 18 1 -0- 17 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 59 Les Foote Les Foote
23/04/1955 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 65 Les Foote Les Foote
30/04/1955 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 57 Les Foote unknown
07/05/1955 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 35 Les Foote Les Foote
14/05/1955 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 134 Les Foote unknown
21/05/1955 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 Les Foote Les Foote
28/05/1955 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 66 Les Foote Les Foote
04/06/1955 Round 8 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 51 Les Foote Les Foote
13/06/1955 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 74 Les Foote unknown
25/06/1955 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 38 Les Foote Les Foote
02/07/1955 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 7 Les Foote Les Foote
09/07/1955 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 97 Les Foote Les Foote
16/07/1955 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 45 Les Foote Les Foote
23/07/1955 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 45 Les Foote Les Foote
30/07/1955 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 56 Les Foote Les Foote
06/08/1955 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 29 Les Foote Les Foote
13/08/1955 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 79 Les Foote Les Foote
20/08/1955 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 94 Les Foote Les Foote