1955 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1955 between Melbourne and Footscray during round three of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (6.22.58) defeated Footscray (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 April 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,280

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 6.22.58 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 4 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 22 6 . 22 (58)
Footscray 2 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 8 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 7 MELB by 11 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
32 Webster, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 10

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