1955 VFL Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne were the premiers, with Noel McMahen as the premiership captain and Norm Smith as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1955 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Perce Bentley
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Bill Stephen
Footscray Western Oval Charlie Sutton
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jack Hale
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Jock McCorkell
Richmond Punt Road Oval Alby Pannam
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Herbie Matthews
St Kilda Junction Oval Les Foote

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 150.5% 1,559 1,036 214 275 142 184
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 127.5% 1,526 1,197 217 224 163 219
Geelong 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 122.8% 1,524 1,241 216 228 174 197
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 130.6% 1,435 1,099 193 277 146 223
Footscray 5th 12 -0- 6 48 130.0% 1,323 1,018 183 225 135 208
Richmond 6th 9 -0- 9 36 106.1% 1,471 1,387 201 265 196 211
Carlton 7th 9 -0- 9 36 98.6% 1,384 1,403 198 196 194 239
Hawthorn 8th 8 -0- 10 32 94.0% 1,262 1,342 181 176 190 202
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 12 24 88.5% 1,258 1,421 175 208 200 221
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 13 20 87.8% 1,276 1,454 177 214 205 224
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 15 12 76.3% 1,233 1,617 173 195 231 231
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 17 4 45.4% 861 1,897 115 171 267 295

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Geelong 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Essendon 4th Defeated by Geelong (Semi Final)
Footscray 5th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 6th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 7th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 8th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 9th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 134 - 65 25,041
SAT 16/04/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 48 - 104 33,398
SAT 16/04/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 58 16,000
SAT 16/04/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 104 - 66 20,976
SAT 16/04/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 77 - 94 30,000
SAT 16/04/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 59 - 118 20,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 1 -0- 0 4 216.7% 104 48
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 206.2% 134 65
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 200.0% 118 59
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 0 4 160.3% 93 58
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 0 4 157.6% 104 66
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 0 4 122.1% 94 77
Richmond 7th 0 -0- 1 0 81.9% 77 94
South Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 63.5% 66 104
Hawthorn 9th 0 -0- 1 0 62.4% 58 93
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 1 0 50.0% 59 118
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 48.5% 65 134
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 46.2% 48 104

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 120 - 55 18,000
SAT 23/04/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 112 - 81 33,753
SAT 23/04/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 87 - 60 19,000
SAT 23/04/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 111 - 62 32,263
SAT 23/04/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 70 - 137 21,000
SAT 23/04/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 107 - 69 18,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 189.3% 229 121
Footscray 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 167.4% 216 129
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 162.1% 214 132
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 1 4 127.6% 194 152
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 1 4 106.3% 185 174
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 173 173
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 98.2% 162 165
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 1 4 94.8% 145 153
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 1 4 93.8% 166 177
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 2 0 76.7% 158 206
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 49.8% 135 271
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 47.9% 114 238

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 106 - 49 23,435
SAT 30/04/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 116 - 59 18,095
SAT 30/04/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 80 - 69 21,000
SAT 30/04/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 103 - 65 19,565
SAT 30/04/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 58 - 46 49,280
SAT 30/04/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 56 - 98 18,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 171.9% 287 167
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 146.3% 294 201
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 149.3% 300 201
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 1 8 140.1% 262 187
Collingwood 5th 2 -0- 1 8 129.2% 301 233
Hawthorn 6th 2 -0- 1 8 116.3% 243 209
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 1 8 111.2% 269 242
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 84.5% 229 271
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 2 4 77.9% 211 271
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 3 0 72.2% 223 309
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 58.1% 204 351
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 48.9% 173 354

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 83 16,000
SAT 07/05/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 36 - 23 36,615
SAT 07/05/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 84 - 75 26,000
SAT 07/05/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 61 - 74 13,500
SAT 07/05/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 110 - 52 20,000
SAT 07/05/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 64 - 99 23,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 158.3% 361 228
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 150.6% 399 265
Footscray 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 141.9% 298 210
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 1 12 133.8% 317 237
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 1 12 115.1% 327 284
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 1 12 111.7% 352 315
Collingwood 7th 2 -0- 2 8 118.6% 376 317
Richmond 8th 1 -0- 3 4 92.2% 333 361
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 80.2% 284 354
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 73.8% 281 381
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 62.4% 265 425
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 52.3% 237 453

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 89 - 114 37,065
SAT 14/05/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 59 - 73 25,299
SAT 14/05/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 84 - 72 28,288
SAT 14/05/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 91 - 93 15,000
SAT 14/05/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 77 - 99 15,000
SAT 14/05/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 166 - 32 15,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 151.2% 434 287
Geelong 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 112.7% 436 387
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 128.8% 488 379
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 2 12 125.9% 370 294
Essendon 5th 3 -0- 2 12 121.3% 376 310
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 120.7% 490 406
Hawthorn 7th 3 -0- 2 12 110.9% 418 377
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 108.2% 447 413
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 3 8 88.9% 383 431
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 4 4 89.1% 410 460
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 69.4% 358 516
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 5 0 43.5% 269 619

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 75 - 83 23,000
SAT 21/05/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 101 - 47 35,000
SAT 21/05/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 58 - 66 24,517
SAT 21/05/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 71 - 44 28,333
SAT 21/05/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 74 - 52 13,000
SAT 21/05/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 29 - 48 11,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 0 24 152.6% 505 331
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 116.3% 484 416
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 130.5% 591 453
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 3 12 121.9% 563 462
Footscray 5th 3 -0- 3 12 118.9% 428 360
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 108.6% 530 488
Hawthorn 7th 3 -0- 3 12 103.1% 462 448
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 3 12 102.9% 423 411
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 3 12 91.8% 449 489
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 76.1% 432 568
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 5 4 86.5% 462 534
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 6 0 44.7% 298 667

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 65 - 70 20,000
SAT 28/05/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 109 30,000
SAT 28/05/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 69 - 62 26,086
SAT 28/05/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 84 - 69 21,088
SAT 28/05/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 122 - 56 12,500
SAT 28/05/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 71 - 72 24,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 0 28 143.5% 577 402
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 117.1% 568 485
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 140.6% 700 498
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 3 16 117.8% 497 422
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 3 16 103.7% 532 513
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 4 12 115.8% 632 546
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 107.3% 601 560
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 4 12 101.5% 488 481
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 4 12 82.6% 494 598
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 5 8 99.0% 584 590
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 5 8 77.6% 494 637
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 7 0 44.9% 354 789

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 77 - 67 34,000
SAT 04/06/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 92 - 54 23,500
SAT 04/06/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 62 - 60 19,600
SAT 04/06/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 135 - 70 34,669
SAT 04/06/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 71 - 88 13,000
SAT 04/06/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 34 - 85 19,250

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 0 32 150.8% 712 472
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 137.5% 777 565
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 113.0% 635 562
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 3 20 127.6% 582 456
Hawthorn 5th 5 -0- 3 20 103.7% 594 573
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 4 16 108.4% 580 535
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 4 16 87.0% 582 669
Carlton 8th 3 -0- 5 12 103.1% 702 681
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 100.5% 655 652
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 6 8 98.8% 644 652
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 77.9% 565 725
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 8 0 44.4% 388 874

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 28 - 86 29,555
SAT 11/06/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 114 - 59 28,807
SAT 11/06/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 63 - 72 35,000
MON 13/06/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 128 - 54 14,000
MON 13/06/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 94 - 78 39,949
MON 13/06/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 81 - 95 24,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 0 36 146.5% 806 550
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 135.2% 849 628
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 113.5% 730 643
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 3 24 135.1% 696 515
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 4 20 118.3% 666 563
Fitzroy 6th 5 -0- 4 20 98.2% 710 723
Hawthorn 7th 5 -0- 4 20 95.1% 653 687
South Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 6 12 99.2% 718 724
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 6 12 95.2% 730 767
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 7 8 96.8% 722 746
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 78.8% 646 820
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 9 0 44.1% 442 1,002

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 43 - 81 20,576
SAT 25/06/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 39 - 71 21,000
SAT 25/06/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 65 - 52 23,654
SAT 25/06/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 81 - 43 10,500
SAT 25/06/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 48 - 98 29,000
SAT 25/06/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 70 - 58 16,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 0 40 148.9% 877 589
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 140.1% 947 676
Geelong 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 114.4% 795 695
Footscray 4th 7 -0- 3 28 139.2% 777 558
Hawthorn 5th 6 -0- 4 24 100.5% 734 730
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 5 20 114.3% 718 628
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 5 20 94.3% 749 794
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 6 16 100.8% 788 782
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 7 12 91.2% 773 848
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 8 8 91.2% 770 844
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 79.1% 704 890
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 10 0 44.8% 485 1,083

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 48 - 45 40,000
SAT 02/07/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 68 - 42 19,000
SAT 02/07/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 82 - 49 26,697
SAT 02/07/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 109 - 50 17,238
SAT 02/07/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 96 - 49 16,000
SAT 02/07/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 68 - 61 10,500

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 144.7% 922 637
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 138.0% 995 721
Geelong 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 121.3% 904 745
Footscray 4th 8 -0- 3 32 141.5% 859 607
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 5 24 117.3% 786 670
Hawthorn 6th 6 -0- 5 24 93.4% 784 839
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 6 20 91.8% 791 862
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 96.9% 837 864
Richmond 9th 3 -0- 8 12 97.0% 866 893
Carlton 10th 3 -0- 8 12 87.1% 822 944
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 79.9% 765 958
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 10 4 48.3% 553 1,144

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 91 - 50 19,500
SAT 09/07/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 43 - 37 42,354
SAT 09/07/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 120 - 59 10,500
SAT 09/07/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 118 - 21 15,624
SAT 09/07/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 88 - 105 12,000
SAT 09/07/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 88 - 99 17,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 1 44 158.1% 1,040 658
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 120.4% 1,003 833
Footscray 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 140.1% 902 644
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 3 36 135.1% 1,032 764
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 5 28 121.8% 877 720
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 5 28 100.7% 904 898
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 7 20 86.6% 850 982
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 8 16 96.1% 925 963
Carlton 9th 4 -0- 8 16 89.8% 927 1,032
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 9 12 93.1% 916 984
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 10 8 80.2% 853 1,063
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 11 4 45.5% 574 1,262

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 79 - 63 15,763
SAT 16/07/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 99 - 92 16,813
SAT 16/07/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 100 - 46 12,500
SAT 16/07/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 71 - 52 26,755
SAT 16/07/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 57 - 48 17,500
SAT 16/07/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 37 - 82 12,250

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 2 44 149.8% 1,092 729
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 121.4% 1,074 885
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 132.1% 1,131 856
Footscray 4th 9 -0- 4 36 135.5% 950 701
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 5 32 126.7% 959 757
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 6 28 99.0% 967 977
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 7 24 92.4% 950 1,028
Carlton 8th 5 -0- 8 20 91.9% 1,006 1,095
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 9 16 94.3% 973 1,032
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 91.3% 971 1,063
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 11 8 81.3% 945 1,162
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 12 4 45.5% 611 1,344

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 80 - 94 19,500
SAT 23/07/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 74 - 73 32,735
SAT 23/07/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 71 - 51 12,100
SAT 23/07/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 61 - 125 18,000
SAT 23/07/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 100 - 97 25,000
SAT 23/07/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 71 - 116 18,500

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 3 44 145.1% 1,165 803
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 134.5% 1,247 927
Geelong 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 118.9% 1,171 985
Footscray 4th 10 -0- 4 40 132.3% 1,024 774
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 5 36 132.5% 1,084 818
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 6 32 101.0% 1,038 1,028
Carlton 7th 6 -0- 8 24 93.6% 1,100 1,175
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 8 24 91.8% 1,030 1,122
Richmond 9th 5 -0- 9 20 95.0% 1,073 1,129
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 10 16 90.1% 1,022 1,134
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 12 8 78.2% 1,006 1,287
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 13 4 46.7% 682 1,460

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 87 - 31 9,742
SAT 30/07/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 71 - 36 16,000
SAT 30/07/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 72 - 52 32,000
SAT 30/07/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 86 - 65 14,033
SAT 30/07/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 90 - 63 15,486
SAT 30/07/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 93 - 94 16,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 3 48 144.9% 1,255 866
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 136.9% 1,318 963
Geelong 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 119.7% 1,257 1,050
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 132.9% 1,156 870
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 5 40 127.2% 1,076 846
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 7 32 97.7% 1,074 1,099
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 8 28 98.4% 1,187 1,206
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 9 24 95.5% 1,167 1,222
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 9 24 90.6% 1,095 1,208
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 11 16 90.8% 1,115 1,228
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 13 8 77.6% 1,069 1,377
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 14 4 46.1% 713 1,547

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 89 - 52 28,000
SAT 06/08/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 53 - 75 14,000
SAT 06/08/1955 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 73 - 76 33,902
SAT 06/08/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 119 - 54 49,352
SAT 06/08/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 60 - 53 9,000
SAT 06/08/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 53 - 82 10,150

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 3 52 149.3% 1,374 920
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 138.6% 1,407 1,015
Geelong 3rd 13 -0- 3 52 118.7% 1,333 1,123
Footscray 4th 10 -0- 6 40 124.6% 1,149 922
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 6 40 122.3% 1,210 989
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 8 32 97.2% 1,127 1,159
Richmond 7th 7 -0- 9 28 97.4% 1,242 1,275
Carlton 8th 7 -0- 9 28 95.7% 1,239 1,295
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 10 24 89.5% 1,148 1,283
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 11 20 93.4% 1,197 1,281
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 13 12 79.0% 1,129 1,430
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 15 4 47.0% 766 1,629

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1955 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 133 - 60 34,000
SAT 13/08/1955 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 79 20,000
SAT 13/08/1955 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 131 - 52 13,444
SAT 13/08/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 85 - 91 16,000
SAT 13/08/1955 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 92 - 69 14,500
SAT 13/08/1955 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 48 - 79 18,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 3 56 145.8% 1,465 1,005
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 124.6% 1,464 1,175
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 127.8% 1,467 1,148
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 6 44 128.0% 1,343 1,049
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 6 44 124.9% 1,228 983
Richmond 6th 8 -0- 9 32 99.3% 1,334 1,344
Carlton 7th 8 -0- 9 32 98.1% 1,318 1,343
Hawthorn 8th 8 -0- 9 32 97.0% 1,212 1,250
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 11 24 88.8% 1,209 1,362
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 91.5% 1,245 1,360
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 14 12 78.7% 1,198 1,522
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 16 4 46.5% 818 1,760

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1955 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 66 - 60 22,482
SAT 20/08/1955 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 59 - 49 19,270
SAT 20/08/1955 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 50 - 92 24,500
SAT 20/08/1955 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 94 - 31 19,484
SAT 20/08/1955 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 35 - 95 20,000
SAT 20/08/1955 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 43 - 137 13,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 150.5% 1,559 1,036
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 127.5% 1,526 1,197
Geelong 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 122.8% 1,524 1,241
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 130.6% 1,435 1,099
Footscray 5th 12 -0- 6 48 130.0% 1,323 1,018
Richmond 6th 9 -0- 9 36 106.1% 1,471 1,387
Carlton 7th 9 -0- 9 36 98.6% 1,384 1,403
Hawthorn 8th 8 -0- 10 32 94.0% 1,262 1,342
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 12 24 88.5% 1,258 1,421
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 13 20 87.8% 1,276 1,454
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 15 12 76.3% 1,233 1,617
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 17 4 45.4% 861 1,897

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1955 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 61 - 53 68,109
SAT 03/09/1955 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 56 - 45 59,215

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1955 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 96 - 84 70,430

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1955 2:50 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 64 - 36 88,053