1955 VFL Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1955 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 2 of the 1955 VFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Essendon
B. Hutchison (capt.), D. Bigelow, S. Booth, R. Burgess, J. Carstairs, J. Clarke, D. Dench, R. Fox, F. Gallagher, J. Gamble, J. Gill, J. Harrington, J. Knowles, G. Leek, R. McConnell, H. Mitchell, M. Pascoe, K. Peucker, G. Sewell, B. Taylor

St Kilda
L. Foote (capt.), D. Bland, G. Burton, A. Callow, Bill Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, R. Houston, D. Howell, A. Hurst, A. Jeans, G. Jones, S. Lennie, J. McDonald, M. McLaren, B. McLennan, G. Minihan, M. Mollar, K. Mulhall, B. Phillips, N. Roberts

Essendon (16.24.120) defeated St Kilda (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Essendon: H. Mitchell (6), S. Booth (4), B. Hutchison (2), K. Peucker (2), D. Bigelow, J. Gill
St Kilda: D. Bland (2), B. Gleeson (2), S. Lennie (2), J. McDonald (2)

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) and St Kilda were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 23 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 16.24.120 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 8 9 . 15 16 . 24 16 . 24 (120)
St Kilda 3 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin STKL by 5 STKL by 3 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 65 ESSE by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Les Foote (St Kilda)
Captains: Bill Hutchison (Essendon), Les Foote (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Frood
Goal Umpire: O. Thomas

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 4 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 6 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 24

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 2 ?
9 Burton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
32 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 Lennie, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 McLaren, Mick ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 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 7

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