1955 VFL Season Round 6: Collingwood v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1955 between Collingwood and Essendon during round six of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League.
Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park.
Lou Richards captained the hosts with Neil Mann as vice-captain.
Bill Hutchison captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.
Collingwood (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (6.11.47).
Match Details
Season:
1955 VFL Season
Round:
Round 6
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 21 May 1955
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Victoria Park
Attendance:
35,000
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Essendon
Score:
15.11.101 - 6.11.47
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 4 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 7 | 15 | . | 11 | 15 | . | 11 | (101) |
| Essendon | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | . | 6 | 5 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 11 | 6 | . | 11 | (47) |
| Margin | COLL by 28 | COLL by 42 | COLL by 41 | COLL by 54 | COLL by 54 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Collingwood
Captain: Lou RichardsVice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne
Essendon
Captain: Bill HutchisonCoach: Dick Reynolds
Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Batchelor, Keith | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | Gooch, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Hamilton, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Healey, Des | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Hickey, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Jones, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Kingston, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Lucas, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Mann, Neil (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Merrett, Thorold | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 18 | Parker, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Richards, Lou (c) | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 20 | Richards, Ron | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 22 | Rose, Bob | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 21 | Rymer, Laurie | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 29 | Sharp, Lerrel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Smale, Ken | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 26 | Twomey, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Twomey, Mick | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 31 | Waller, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 11 | |||
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 | ? |
| 6 | Dench, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Diston, Morton | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 24 | Fox, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 13 | Gallagher, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Harrington, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Heenan, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Hutchison, Bill (c) | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 21 | Knowles, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Leek, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | McConnell, Roy | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Mitchell, Hugh | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 34 | Pascoe, Mal | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Peucker, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Sewell, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 37 | Willey, Graham | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 6 | 11 | |||