1955 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1955 between Geelong and Footscray during round five of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (12.12.84) defeated Footscray (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 28,288

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 12.12.84 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Footscray 0 . 2 4 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 1 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 1 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 1 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 4 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

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