1955 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1955 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round four of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Vic Lawrence captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McCorkell and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

North Melbourne (9.7.61) were defeated by Melbourne (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.7.61 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Melbourne 2 . 5 5 . 10 7 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 7 MELB by 11 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Vic Lawrence
Coach: Jock McCorkell

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Frood

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 1 ?
20 Brady, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Burt, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
4 English, Garry ? ? 0 ?
1 Grambeau, Mick ? ? 1 ?
10 Johnson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
36 Joiner, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Mantello, Albert ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Reddick, Bill ? ? 0 ?
31 Ritchie, Max ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 3 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 2 ?
34 Walsh, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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