1955 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1955 between Footscray and Essendon during round four of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (4.12.36) defeated Essendon (2.11.23).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 36,615

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 4.12.36 - 2.11.23

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray	1	.	1	2	.	5	4	.	8	4	.	12	4	.	12	(36)
Essendon	0	.	1	2	.	2	2	.	5	2	.	11	2	.	11	(23)
Margin	FOOT by 6			FOOT by 3			FOOT by 15			FOOT by 13			FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
5	Box, Peter	?	?	0	?
18	Bryden, Dave	?	?	0	?
2	Collins, Jack	?	?	1	?
22	Donald, Wally (vc)	?	?	0	?
7	Duffy, Roger	?	?	2	?
11	Edwards, Arthur	?	?	0	?
24	Gallagher, Jim	?	?	0	?
12	Gardiner, Alex	?	?	0	?
34	Gilmore, Brian	?	?	0	?
25	Henderson, Herb	?	?	0	?
1	Kerr, John	?	?	0	?
21	Porta, Ron	?	?	0	?
28	Reynolds, Doug	?	?	0	?
9	Ross, Don	?	?	0	?
31	Ryan, Lionel	?	?	0	?
32	Stevens, Harvey	?	?	1	?
17	Stockman, Ron	?	?	0	?
6	Sutton, Charlie (c)	?	?	0	?
20	Warren, Allen	?	?	0	?
3	Whitten, Ted	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				4	12

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
19	Bigelow, Doug	?	?	0	?
2	Booth, Stan	?	?	0	?
18	Burgess, Reg	?	?	0	?
20	Carstairs, Jim	?	?	0	?
1	Clarke, Jack	?	?	0	?
4	Colliver, Barry	?	?	0	?
6	Dench, Doug	?	?	0	?
24	Fox, Robert	?	?	0	?
13	Gallagher, Fred	?	?	0	?
3	Gill, John	?	?	1	?
23	Harrington, Jack	?	?	0	?
14	Heenan, Jim	?	?	0	?
7	Hutchison, Bill (c)	?	?	0	?
30	Leek, Geoff	?	?	0	?
25	McConnell, Roy	?	?	0	?
31	Mitchell, Hugh	?	?	1	?
16	O'Sullivan, Peter	?	?	0	?
34	Pascoe, Mal	?	?	0	?
27	Peucker, Ken	?	?	0	?
9	Sewell, Greg	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				2	11

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

Score Timeline

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Links

1955 VFL Season

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