1955 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1955 between St Kilda and Geelong during round six of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

St Kilda (4.5.29) were defeated by Geelong (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Saturday 21 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 4.5.29 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 1 2 . 1 3 . 3 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Geelong 2 . 3 3 . 3 3 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Allan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 2 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Lennie, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
39 Mennie, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
16 Nelson, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
28 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
34 Shields, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 5

Geelong

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

Score Timeline

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