1955 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1955 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round four of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Fitzroy (10.13.73) were defeated by Geelong (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 10.13.73 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 8 3 . 9 7 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Geelong 1 . 5 5 . 11 8 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin FITZ by 9 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, James ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 1 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 5 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 1 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Bow, Glen ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 3 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 3 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 17

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