1955 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1955 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Neil Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Melbourne (8.16.64) defeated Collingwood (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 17 September 1955
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 88,053

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 8.16.64 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 3 . 10 4 . 13 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Collingwood 2 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 6 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 11 MELB by 7 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Collingwood

Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Goal Umpires

H. Clayton
D. Cranch

Boundary Umpires

J. Geggie
W. Treloar

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank SUB ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron RR ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPL ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff WR ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel FF ? 3 ?
1 Cordner, Denis RU ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry SUB ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob FPL ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor BPR ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde CHF ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter FB ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff CHB ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob HFFR ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian WL ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken C ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie HFFL ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian FPR ? 3 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart RO ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Batchelor, Keith FF ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur RR ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack FB ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des WL ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill HFFL ? 1 ?
9 Kingston, Ron HBFR ? 0 ?
34 Kupsch, Bob SUB ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil (c) RU ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold WR ? 0 ?
18 Parker, Jack C ? 0 ?
20 Richards, Ron RO ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob FPR ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel BPL ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken CHF ? 1 ?
24 Tuck, Frank CHB ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick FPL ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville BPR ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray HFFR ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 6

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 L. Sharp 8 J. Hamilton 31 N. Waller 1 D. Cordner 6 F. Adams
24 I. Ridley 26 N. Clarke 18 B. Johnson 31 R. Barassi 28 T. Gleeson
FORWARD 12 S. Spencer

HALF-BACK



3 P. Lucas 24 F. Tuck 9 R. Kingston



2 B. McKenzie 16 C. Laidlaw 11 L. Mithen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 D. Healey 18 J. Parker 17 T. Merrett



7 G. Case 38 K. Melville 5 I. McLean FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 N. Mann (c) 19 J. Hickey
HALF-FORWARD 14 A. Gooch 34 B. Kupsch
23 B. Jones 5 K. Smale 27 M. Weideman 20 R. Richards

35 N. McMahen (c) 17 G. McGivern 25 D. Williams



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 M. Twomey 4 K. Batchelor 22 B. Rose



14 T. Johnson 3 P. Marquis 30 J. Beckwith



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne