1955 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1955 between Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (16.15.111) defeated Geelong (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,263

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 16.15.111 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 8 9 . 9 13 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Geelong 4 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 7 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 36 MELB by 59 MELB by 49 MELB by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Boundary Umpires

D. Fitzgerald

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 7 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Fred ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 2 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
5 Hawking, Howard ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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