1955 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1955 between Essendon and Melbourne during round five of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (8.11.59) were defeated by Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,299

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 3 8 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 6 7 . 6 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin ESSE by 2 MELB by 9 ESSE by 8 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 1 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

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