1955 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1955 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round one of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (8.11.59) were defeated by Melbourne (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 3 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Melbourne 2 . 5 6 . 12 11 . 13 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin STKL by 3 MELB by 27 MELB by 31 MELB by 59 MELB by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Goal Umpires

O. Thomas

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 0 ?
9 Burton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
22 Byron, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cole, Des ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Giblett, Michael ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 2 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
5 Lennie, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 McLaren, Mick ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
8 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 4 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 3 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 16

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