1955 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1955 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round ten of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Bill Stephen captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (5.9.39) were defeated by Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.9.39 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 3 . 4 4 . 8 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 8 7 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 22 MELB by 19 MELB by 32 MELB by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 2 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 2 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 3 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

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