1955 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1955 between Geelong and Essendon during round ten of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (10.5.65) defeated Essendon (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,654

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 10.5.65 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 6 . 4 8 . 4 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Essendon 2 . 0 4 . 3 4 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 1 ?
30 Bow, Glen ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 5

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 ?
4 Colliver, Barry ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 1 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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