1955 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1955 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Williamstown were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1955 VFA Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 144

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park Jim Cleary
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Roy Laing
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval
Northcote Northcote Park Bill Faul
Oakleigh Warrawee Park
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Don Fraser
Prahran Toorak Park Jack Gaffney
Preston Preston City Oval Bert Deacon
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Ted Fletcher
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval Gordon Ogden

Season Results

Premiers: Williamstown
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 17 -1- 2 70 142.9% 2,061 1,442 297 279 203 224
Preston 2nd 17 -0- 3 68 143.1% 1,767 1,235 255 237 167 233
Williamstown 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 141.9% 1,789 1,261 253 271 175 211
Moorabbin 4th 14 -0- 6 56 130.7% 1,762 1,348 245 292 192 196
Brunswick 5th 11 -1- 8 46 120.6% 1,690 1,401 236 274 200 201
Coburg 6th 11 -0- 9 44 114.6% 1,745 1,523 251 239 214 239
Box Hill 7th 10 -0- 10 40 93.7% 1,461 1,559 208 213 225 209
Prahran 8th 9 -0- 11 36 93.0% 1,547 1,663 223 209 234 259
Yarraville 9th 9 -0- 11 36 88.0% 1,429 1,623 196 253 225 273
Sandringham 10th 8 -0- 12 32 82.6% 1,560 1,888 220 240 266 292
Northcote 11th 6 -0- 14 24 80.5% 1,245 1,547 171 219 219 233
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 15 20 82.4% 1,375 1,668 190 235 238 240
Camberwell 13th 5 -0- 15 20 76.5% 1,328 1,736 182 236 244 272
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 19 4 54.6% 1,040 1,905 143 182 268 297

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Williamstown 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Preston 3rd Defeated by Williamstown (Preliminary Final)
Moorabbin 4th Defeated by Williamstown (Semi Final)
Brunswick 5th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 6th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 7th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 8th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 9th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 10th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 11th Did not qualify for finals
Oakleigh 12th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 13th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 66 - 64
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 70 - 92
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 97 - 104
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Coburg Moorabbin Oval 67 - 52
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 113 - 66
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 97 - 71
SAT 16/04/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 77 - 120

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 171.2% 113 66
Williamstown 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 155.8% 120 77
Preston 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 136.6% 97 71
Oakleigh 4th 1 -0- 0 4 131.4% 92 70
Moorabbin 5th 1 -0- 0 4 128.8% 67 52
Prahran 6th 1 -0- 0 4 107.2% 104 97
Brighton 7th 1 -0- 0 4 103.1% 66 64
Northcote 8th 0 -0- 1 0 97.0% 64 66
Camberwell 9th 0 -0- 1 0 93.3% 97 104
Coburg 10th 0 -0- 1 0 77.6% 52 67
Brunswick 11th 0 -0- 1 0 76.1% 70 92
Sandringham 12th 0 -0- 1 0 73.2% 71 97
Yarraville 13th 0 -0- 1 0 64.2% 77 120
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 1 0 58.4% 66 113

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 77 - 146
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 82 - 86
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 86 - 80
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 74 - 85
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 101 - 51
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 85 - 129
SAT 23/04/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 74 - 82

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 2 -0- 0 8 165.1% 213 129
Port Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 160.3% 242 151
Prahran 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 138.5% 205 148
Preston 4th 2 -0- 0 8 123.4% 179 145
Williamstown 5th 1 -0- 1 4 122.0% 194 159
Oakleigh 6th 1 -0- 1 4 107.1% 166 155
Northcote 7th 1 -0- 1 4 102.7% 150 146
Camberwell 8th 1 -0- 1 4 102.2% 182 178
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 1 4 89.7% 156 174
Brighton 10th 1 -0- 1 4 70.9% 117 165
Coburg 11th 0 -0- 2 0 87.6% 134 153
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 2 0 76.2% 157 206
Sandringham 13th 0 -0- 2 0 69.0% 156 226
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 2 0 55.2% 143 259

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 49 - 114
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 113 - 76
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 66 - 141
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Moorabbin Oval 114 - 66
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 70 - 102
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 107 - 97
SAT 30/04/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 96 - 127

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 3 -0- 0 12 167.7% 327 195
Port Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 140.7% 349 248
Prahran 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 136.1% 332 244
Oakleigh 4th 2 -0- 1 8 137.3% 280 204
Williamstown 5th 2 -0- 1 8 129.3% 296 229
Preston 6th 2 -0- 1 8 109.5% 276 252
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 1 8 107.6% 269 250
Coburg 8th 1 -0- 2 4 125.6% 275 219
Northcote 9th 1 -0- 2 4 88.7% 220 248
Camberwell 10th 1 -0- 2 4 77.7% 248 319
Brighton 11th 1 -0- 2 4 59.5% 166 279
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 3 0 76.0% 253 333
Sandringham 13th 0 -0- 3 0 65.3% 222 340
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 3 0 58.9% 219 372

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 96 - 54
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 104 - 64
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 55 - 72
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 73 - 74
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Moorabbin Preston City Oval 66 - 72
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 73 - 115
SAT 07/05/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 89 - 85

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 4 -0- 0 16 152.9% 399 261
Port Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 128.8% 434 337
Prahran 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 127.4% 405 318
Williamstown 4th 3 -0- 1 12 122.6% 385 314
Brunswick 5th 3 -0- 1 12 118.9% 384 323
Coburg 6th 2 -0- 2 8 133.9% 379 283
Oakleigh 7th 2 -0- 2 8 121.4% 335 276
Preston 8th 2 -0- 2 8 105.6% 342 324
Northcote 9th 2 -0- 2 8 91.6% 294 321
Yarraville 10th 1 -0- 3 4 83.8% 325 388
Box Hill 11th 1 -0- 3 4 73.9% 315 426
Camberwell 12th 1 -0- 3 4 72.8% 302 415
Brighton 13th 1 -0- 3 4 60.1% 230 383
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 4 0 64.8% 295 455

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 52 - 86
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 60 - 79
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 81 - 122
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 53 - 57
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Northcote Park 66 - 70
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 77 - 108
SAT 14/05/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 61 - 73

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 4 -0- 1 16 142.1% 452 318
Williamstown 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 126.1% 493 391
Port Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 125.9% 491 390
Coburg 4th 3 -0- 2 12 131.4% 452 344
Oakleigh 5th 3 -0- 2 12 118.4% 405 342
Prahran 6th 3 -0- 2 12 113.1% 482 426
Brunswick 7th 3 -0- 2 12 110.4% 444 402
Preston 8th 3 -0- 2 12 109.6% 421 384
Northcote 9th 2 -0- 3 8 92.1% 360 391
Box Hill 10th 2 -0- 3 8 83.9% 401 478
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 4 4 83.7% 386 461
Sandringham 12th 1 -0- 4 4 77.8% 417 536
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 4 4 71.3% 383 537
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 4 4 60.1% 282 469

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Yarraville Box Hill City Oval 73 - 47
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 76 - 78
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 94 - 95
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 96 - 93
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 87 - 48
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 90 - 59
SAT 21/05/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 71 - 89

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 5 -0- 1 20 139.1% 541 389
Port Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 121.5% 587 483
Preston 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 117.6% 508 432
Williamstown 4th 4 -0- 2 16 117.5% 564 480
Prahran 5th 4 -0- 2 16 111.0% 577 520
Coburg 6th 3 -0- 3 12 125.1% 528 422
Oakleigh 7th 3 -0- 3 12 114.2% 499 437
Brunswick 8th 3 -0- 3 12 107.8% 537 498
Northcote 9th 3 -0- 3 12 93.8% 438 467
Box Hill 10th 3 -0- 3 12 90.3% 474 525
Sandringham 11th 2 -0- 4 8 85.2% 507 595
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 5 4 81.1% 433 534
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 5 4 69.1% 431 624
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 5 4 61.0% 341 559

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 28 - 102
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 73 - 96
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 72 - 114
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Box Hill Northcote Park 73 - 53
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 42 - 121
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 69 - 93
SAT 28/05/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 104 - 75

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 6 -0- 1 24 137.9% 637 462
Port Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 126.3% 701 555
Preston 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 132.6% 610 460
Williamstown 4th 5 -0- 2 20 131.2% 685 522
Coburg 5th 4 -0- 3 16 126.5% 621 491
Prahran 6th 4 -0- 3 16 105.4% 646 613
Northcote 7th 4 -0- 3 16 98.3% 511 520
Brunswick 8th 3 -0- 4 12 102.7% 610 594
Oakleigh 9th 3 -0- 4 12 97.0% 541 558
Box Hill 10th 3 -0- 4 12 88.1% 527 598
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 5 8 88.2% 537 609
Sandringham 12th 2 -0- 5 8 83.3% 582 699
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 6 4 68.2% 503 738
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 6 4 55.8% 369 661

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Prahran Box Hill City Oval 64 - 100
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 107 - 90
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Camberwell Moorabbin Oval 82 - 58
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 135 - 36
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 132 - 74
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 83 - 78
SAT 04/06/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 81 - 68

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 141.5% 836 591
Moorabbin 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 138.3% 719 520
Preston 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 139.0% 742 534
Williamstown 4th 6 -0- 2 24 129.8% 766 590
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 3 20 125.3% 728 581
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 3 20 110.2% 746 677
Northcote 7th 4 -0- 4 16 97.7% 589 603
Brunswick 8th 3 -0- 5 12 100.4% 678 675
Oakleigh 9th 3 -0- 5 12 94.9% 631 665
Sandringham 10th 3 -0- 5 12 85.6% 665 777
Box Hill 11th 3 -0- 5 12 84.7% 591 698
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 6 8 82.5% 611 741
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 7 4 68.4% 561 820
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 7 4 50.9% 405 796

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Moorabbin Elsternwick Park 77 - 93
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 78 - 76
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 86 - 104
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 48 - 102
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 70 - 117
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 82 - 89
SAT 11/06/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 84 - 109

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 1 32 140.0% 945 675
Moorabbin 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 136.0% 812 597
Preston 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 145.0% 844 582
Williamstown 4th 7 -0- 2 28 128.7% 870 676
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 4 20 118.8% 814 685
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 4 20 108.1% 828 766
Box Hill 7th 4 -0- 5 16 92.2% 708 768
Northcote 8th 4 -0- 5 16 90.4% 637 705
Sandringham 9th 4 -0- 5 16 87.8% 754 859
Brunswick 10th 3 -0- 6 12 100.1% 754 753
Oakleigh 11th 3 -0- 6 12 89.6% 701 782
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 7 8 81.8% 695 850
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 7 8 71.3% 639 896
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 8 4 54.2% 482 889

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 72 - 64
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 74 - 28
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Moorabbin Oval 99 - 51
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 114 - 19
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 89 - 44
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 69 - 68
SAT 18/06/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 60 - 56

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 1 36 152.6% 1,059 694
Moorabbin 2nd 9 -0- 1 36 140.6% 911 648
Preston 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 149.0% 933 626
Williamstown 4th 8 -0- 2 32 127.0% 930 732
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 5 20 116.0% 878 757
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 5 20 102.0% 872 855
Box Hill 7th 5 -0- 5 20 93.8% 780 832
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 5 20 88.8% 823 927
Brunswick 9th 4 -0- 6 16 106.0% 828 781
Northcote 10th 4 -0- 6 16 80.1% 656 819
Oakleigh 11th 3 -0- 7 12 90.4% 769 851
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 8 8 78.6% 746 949
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 8 8 72.7% 695 956
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 9 4 53.0% 510 963

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 57 - 59
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 69 - 74
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 66 - 69
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Moorabbin Northcote Park 49 - 89
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 44 - 52
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 75 - 80
SAT 25/06/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 55 - 106

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 148.1% 1,139 769
Moorabbin 2nd 10 -0- 1 40 143.5% 1,000 697
Preston 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 147.0% 985 670
Williamstown 4th 9 -0- 2 36 125.3% 989 789
Sandringham 5th 6 -0- 5 24 89.8% 892 993
Coburg 6th 5 -0- 6 20 114.3% 944 826
Brunswick 7th 5 -0- 6 20 111.7% 934 836
Prahran 8th 5 -0- 6 20 101.3% 947 935
Box Hill 9th 5 -0- 6 20 93.9% 837 891
Northcote 10th 4 -0- 7 16 77.6% 705 908
Oakleigh 11th 3 -0- 8 12 90.0% 813 903
Camberwell 12th 3 -0- 8 12 75.0% 769 1,025
Yarraville 13th 2 -0- 9 8 75.9% 801 1,055
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 10 4 55.8% 579 1,037

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 84 - 40
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sportsground 50 - 67
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Prahran Moorabbin Oval 115 - 55
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 115 - 95
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 93 - 68
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 88 - 122
SAT 02/07/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 110 - 27

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 11 -0- 1 44 148.3% 1,115 752
Port Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 1 44 145.1% 1,254 864
Preston 3rd 10 -0- 2 40 146.1% 1,078 738
Williamstown 4th 10 -0- 2 40 134.7% 1,099 816
Brunswick 5th 6 -0- 6 24 116.2% 1,018 876
Box Hill 6th 6 -0- 6 24 98.0% 959 979
Sandringham 7th 6 -0- 6 24 87.9% 980 1,115
Coburg 8th 5 -0- 7 20 110.1% 1,012 919
Prahran 9th 5 -0- 7 20 95.4% 1,002 1,050
Northcote 10th 4 -0- 8 16 75.1% 745 992
Oakleigh 11th 3 -0- 9 12 89.2% 908 1,018
Yarraville 12th 3 -0- 9 12 78.6% 868 1,105
Camberwell 13th 3 -0- 9 12 75.0% 819 1,092
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 11 4 52.8% 606 1,147

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 64 - 100
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 78 - 97
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 71 - 77
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 63 - 98
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 88 - 99
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 43 - 67
SAT 09/07/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brighton Yarraville Oval 72 - 51

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 12 -0- 1 48 148.8% 1,213 815
Port Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 1 48 143.4% 1,351 942
Preston 3rd 11 -0- 2 44 146.9% 1,178 802
Williamstown 4th 11 -0- 2 44 135.7% 1,166 859
Brunswick 5th 7 -0- 6 28 115.9% 1,117 964
Box Hill 6th 6 -0- 7 24 94.8% 1,023 1,079
Sandringham 7th 6 -0- 7 24 86.5% 1,023 1,182
Coburg 8th 5 -0- 8 20 107.3% 1,090 1,016
Prahran 9th 5 -0- 8 20 94.9% 1,090 1,149
Yarraville 10th 4 -0- 9 16 81.3% 940 1,156
Camberwell 11th 4 -0- 9 16 77.0% 896 1,163
Northcote 12th 4 -0- 9 16 76.3% 816 1,069
Oakleigh 13th 3 -0- 10 12 87.0% 971 1,116
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 12 4 53.9% 657 1,219

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 50 - 66
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 84 - 69
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 61 - 66
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Moorabbin Oval 72 - 74
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 151 - 94
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 70 - 31
SAT 16/07/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 54 - 24

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 1 52 145.0% 1,502 1,036
Preston 2nd 12 -0- 2 48 149.8% 1,248 833
Moorabbin 3rd 12 -0- 2 48 144.5% 1,285 889
Williamstown 4th 11 -0- 3 44 128.8% 1,197 929
Brunswick 5th 8 -0- 6 32 116.3% 1,201 1,033
Box Hill 6th 7 -0- 7 28 95.3% 1,097 1,151
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 8 24 96.4% 1,156 1,199
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 8 24 83.8% 1,117 1,333
Coburg 9th 5 -0- 9 20 105.4% 1,159 1,100
Yarraville 10th 5 -0- 9 20 84.2% 994 1,180
Oakleigh 11th 4 -0- 10 16 88.1% 1,037 1,177
Camberwell 12th 4 -0- 10 16 77.9% 957 1,229
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 10 16 74.8% 840 1,123
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 13 4 55.0% 707 1,285

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 40 - 76
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 122 - 88
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 77 - 56
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 95 - 64
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 82 - 70
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 83 - 126
SAT 23/07/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 126 - 67

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 13 -0- 2 52 147.3% 1,330 903
Moorabbin 2nd 13 -0- 2 52 145.2% 1,411 972
Port Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 2 52 140.6% 1,572 1,118
Williamstown 4th 12 -0- 3 48 132.8% 1,323 996
Brunswick 5th 9 -0- 6 36 119.0% 1,277 1,073
Prahran 6th 7 -0- 8 28 99.0% 1,251 1,263
Box Hill 7th 7 -0- 8 28 92.7% 1,137 1,227
Coburg 8th 6 -0- 9 24 107.8% 1,281 1,188
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 9 24 82.2% 1,200 1,459
Oakleigh 10th 5 -0- 10 20 90.3% 1,114 1,233
Yarraville 11th 5 -0- 10 20 83.0% 1,058 1,275
Camberwell 12th 4 -0- 11 16 77.4% 1,045 1,351
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 11 16 72.6% 907 1,249
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 14 4 56.0% 763 1,362

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 74 - 114
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 112 - 48
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Box Hill Camberwell Sportsground 27 - 51
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Preston Moorabbin Oval 76 - 79
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 55 - 61
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 71 - 42
SAT 30/07/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 70 - 45

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 14 -0- 2 56 143.9% 1,409 979
Port Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 2 56 141.6% 1,643 1,160
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -0- 3 52 141.5% 1,487 1,051
Williamstown 4th 12 -0- 4 48 127.9% 1,365 1,067
Brunswick 5th 10 -0- 6 40 123.9% 1,389 1,121
Prahran 6th 8 -0- 8 32 99.5% 1,312 1,318
Box Hill 7th 8 -0- 8 32 94.7% 1,188 1,254
Coburg 8th 7 -0- 9 28 110.5% 1,395 1,262
Yarraville 9th 6 -0- 10 24 85.5% 1,128 1,320
Sandringham 10th 6 -0- 10 24 79.4% 1,248 1,571
Oakleigh 11th 5 -0- 11 20 88.9% 1,159 1,303
Camberwell 12th 4 -0- 12 16 76.5% 1,072 1,402
Northcote 13th 4 -0- 12 16 73.4% 962 1,310
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 15 4 56.7% 837 1,476

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brighton Box Hill City Oval 85 - 39
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 80 - 60
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 47 - 75
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Moorabbin North Port Oval 76 - 57
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 56 - 91
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 80 - 58
SAT 06/08/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 95 - 32

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 2 60 141.2% 1,719 1,217
Preston 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 136.9% 1,465 1,070
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 137.0% 1,544 1,127
Williamstown 4th 13 -0- 4 52 132.8% 1,460 1,099
Brunswick 5th 11 -0- 6 44 125.7% 1,480 1,177
Box Hill 6th 9 -0- 8 36 98.5% 1,273 1,293
Coburg 7th 8 -0- 9 32 111.6% 1,475 1,322
Prahran 8th 8 -0- 9 32 95.1% 1,344 1,413
Sandringham 9th 7 -0- 10 28 81.5% 1,328 1,629
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 11 24 84.9% 1,188 1,400
Oakleigh 11th 5 -0- 12 20 87.5% 1,206 1,378
Northcote 12th 5 -0- 12 20 76.4% 1,037 1,357
Camberwell 13th 4 -0- 13 16 76.2% 1,130 1,482
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 16 4 56.1% 876 1,561

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 78 - 98
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 99 - 99
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 57 - 111
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Williamstown Moorabbin Oval 95 - 104
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 56 - 76
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 82 - 50
SAT 13/08/1955 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 93 - 81

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -1- 2 62 138.1% 1,818 1,316
Preston 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 139.8% 1,576 1,127
Williamstown 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 131.0% 1,564 1,194
Moorabbin 4th 13 -0- 5 52 133.1% 1,639 1,231
Brunswick 5th 11 -1- 6 46 123.7% 1,579 1,276
Coburg 6th 9 -0- 9 36 112.6% 1,551 1,378
Box Hill 7th 9 -0- 9 36 97.7% 1,354 1,386
Prahran 8th 9 -0- 9 36 97.5% 1,426 1,463
Sandringham 9th 8 -0- 10 32 83.5% 1,426 1,707
Yarraville 10th 7 -0- 11 28 86.5% 1,281 1,481
Oakleigh 11th 5 -0- 13 20 86.0% 1,256 1,460
Northcote 12th 5 -0- 13 20 76.3% 1,093 1,433
Camberwell 13th 4 -0- 14 16 74.5% 1,187 1,593
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 17 4 57.5% 954 1,659

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Box Hill v Northcote Box Hill City Oval 59 - 52
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 90 - 45
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brunswick Moorabbin Oval 58 - 48
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 78 - 72
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 81 - 32
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 79 - 81
SAT 20/08/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 104 - 19

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 16 -1- 2 66 136.6% 1,896 1,388
Preston 2nd 16 -0- 3 64 143.0% 1,657 1,159
Williamstown 3rd 15 -0- 4 60 137.5% 1,668 1,213
Moorabbin 4th 14 -0- 5 56 132.7% 1,697 1,279
Brunswick 5th 11 -1- 7 46 122.0% 1,627 1,334
Coburg 6th 10 -0- 9 40 115.3% 1,641 1,423
Box Hill 7th 10 -0- 9 40 98.3% 1,413 1,438
Prahran 8th 9 -0- 10 36 94.7% 1,471 1,553
Yarraville 9th 8 -0- 11 32 87.3% 1,362 1,560
Sandringham 10th 8 -0- 11 32 84.2% 1,505 1,788
Oakleigh 11th 5 -0- 14 20 81.5% 1,275 1,564
Northcote 12th 5 -0- 14 20 76.7% 1,145 1,492
Camberwell 13th 4 -0- 15 16 75.3% 1,259 1,671
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 18 4 56.7% 986 1,740

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 54 - 165
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 63 - 67
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Camberwell v Moorabbin Camberwell Sportsground 69 - 65
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 100 - 55
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 100 - 104
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 76 - 110
SAT 27/08/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill WCG 121 - 48

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 17 -1- 2 70 142.9% 2,061 1,442
Preston 2nd 17 -0- 3 68 143.1% 1,767 1,235
Williamstown 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 141.9% 1,789 1,261
Moorabbin 4th 14 -0- 6 56 130.7% 1,762 1,348
Brunswick 5th 11 -1- 8 46 120.6% 1,690 1,401
Coburg 6th 11 -0- 9 44 114.6% 1,745 1,523
Box Hill 7th 10 -0- 10 40 93.7% 1,461 1,559
Prahran 8th 9 -0- 11 36 93.0% 1,547 1,663
Yarraville 9th 9 -0- 11 36 88.0% 1,429 1,623
Sandringham 10th 8 -0- 12 32 82.6% 1,560 1,888
Northcote 11th 6 -0- 14 24 80.5% 1,245 1,547
Oakleigh 12th 5 -0- 15 20 82.4% 1,375 1,668
Camberwell 13th 5 -0- 15 20 76.5% 1,328 1,736
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 19 4 54.6% 1,040 1,905

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1955 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin Junction Oval 84 - 69 11,000
SAT 10/09/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston Junction Oval 129 - 61 16,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1955 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Junction Oval 73 - 82 16,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1955 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown Junction Oval 88 - 97 30,000