1955 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1955 between Collingwood and Footscray during round one of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Lou Richards captained the hosts with Neil Mann as vice-captain. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Collingwood (6.12.48) were defeated by Footscray (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 33,398

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Footscray
Score: 6.12.48 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 5 3 . 7 3 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Footscray 2 . 0 7 . 3 10 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin COLL by 5 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 43 FOOT by 56 FOOT by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Lou Richards
Vice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

K. Cree

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
35 Elder, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Jones, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Little, Dave ? ? 1 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 2 ?
1 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 1 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
5 Smale, Ken ? ? 1 ?
36 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 0 ?
10 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 1 ?
15 Wylie, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 2 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 8 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 14

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