1955 VFL Season 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 two of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.24.120) defeated St Kilda (8.7.55).

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

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Frood

Goal Umpires

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