1955 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1955 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round seven of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. John Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Essendon (9.11.65) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 28 May 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.11.65 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 6 5 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Hawthorn 0 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin ESSE by 20 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 3 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 Prest, Warren ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFL ? 2 ?
1 Boland, Brian HBFR ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin RO ? 2 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 0 ?
26 Gent, Don SUB ? 0 ?
33 Howells, Geoff FF ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
9 Jewell, Alan SUB ? 0 ?
22 Kann, Brian HBFL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil FPR ? 1 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John WR ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham HFFR ? 1 ?
23 Peck, John FPL ? 1 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy C ? 1 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton CHF ? 1 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WL ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 A. Hughes 14 L. Crane 32 I. Egerton













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



22 B. Kann 8 C. Philp 1 B. Boland













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 L. Wilkinson 27 R. Simmonds 3 J. O'Mahoney









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 10 J. Kennedy (c) 26 D. Gent
HALF-FORWARD 24 A. Woodley 9 A. Jewell
2 G. Arthur 20 C. Thompson 25 G. Peck 6 K. Coghlan











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 J. Peck 33 G. Howells 15 P. O'Brien













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale