1955 VFL Season Round 8: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1955 between St Kilda and Footscray during round eight of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

St Kilda (4.10.34) were defeated by Footscray (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,250

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 4.10.34 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 4 1 . 5 4 . 6 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 4 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin STKL by 2 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 51 FOOT by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 1 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 2 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Giblett, Michael ? ? 0 ?
22 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Gleeson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
5 Lennie, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
16 Nelson, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Clough, Alan ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
29 Dixon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 7

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