1955 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1955 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round two of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bill Gunn captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne (16.11.107) defeated Fitzroy (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 23 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.11.107 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 9 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Fitzroy 4 . 2 5 . 6 6 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 35 SMLB by 38 SMLB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bill Gunn
Coach: Herbie Matthews

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

E. Coe

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Atkinson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Barry, Des ? ? 0 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Earl, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Giles, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
8 Gunn, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
1 Keyter, Don ? ? 1 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
35 Ledwidge, John ? ? 1 ?
38 Logan, Max ? ? 1 ?
36 McCormack, Ken ? ? 1 ?
5 Nelson, Daryl ? ? 0 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 1 ?
17 Star, Don ? ? 1 ?
32 Taylor, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Vance, Colin ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Anton, Alan ? ? 2 ?
32 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
6 Elder, Toby ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 4 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 15

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