1955 VFL Round 10: Hawthorn v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1955 between Hawthorn and St Kilda during round 10 of the 1955 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at Glenferrie Oval. John Kennedy captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Hawthorn
Back: B. Kann, L. Crane, I. Egerton
Half-back: A. Hughes, C. Philp, D. Gent
Centre: P. Kanis, J. O'Mahoney, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward: G. Arthur, A. Fanning, G. Peck
Forward: A. Woodley, C. Thompson, R. Hoy
Follower: J. Kennedy (capt.), J. Peck, R. Simmonds
Sub.: B. Boland, B. Takle

St Kilda
L. Foote (capt.), D. Bland, G. Burton, M. Dihm, I. Drohan, B. Gilmore, B. Gleeson, R. Houston, D. Howell, A. Hurst, A. Jeans, M. McCooke, A. Mennie, G. Minihan, M. Mollar, K. Mulhall, J. Nelson, B. Phillips, J. Reeves, N. Roberts

Hawthorn (12.9.81) defeated St Kilda (6.7.43).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Peck (4), C. Thompson (3), G. Arthur (2), R. Simmonds (2), J. Kennedy
St Kilda: M. McCooke (2), K. Mulhall (2), L. Foote, D. Howell

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Hawthorn v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 25 June 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 10,500

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. St Kilda
Score: 12.9.81 - 6.7.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 2 8 . 4 9 . 5 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
St Kilda 2 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Margin HWTH by 6 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Les Foote (St Kilda)
Captains: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Les Foote (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: W. Roach

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFL ? 2 ?
1 Boland, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 0 ?
4 Fanning, Alan CHF ? 0 ?
26 Gent, Don HBFR ? 0 ?
37 Hoy, Ron FPR ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf HBFL ? 0 ?
18 Kanis, Peter WL ? 0 ?
22 Kann, Brian BPL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RU ? 1 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham HFFR ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John RR↓ ? 4 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 2 ?
31 Takle, Barry SUB ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton FF ? 3 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan FPL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 9

B. Boland replaced J. Peck during the fourth quarter.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 0 ?
9 Burton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Dihm, Merv ? ? 0 ?
37 Drohan, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 1 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 McCooke, Milne ? ? 2 ?
39 Mennie, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 2 ?
16 Nelson, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
28 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






10 J. Kennedy (c) 1 B. Boland
37 R. Hoy 20 C. Thompson 24 A. Woodley 23 J. Peck 31 B. Takle
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

HALF-BACK













25 G. Peck 4 A. Fanning 2 G. Arthur



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 18 P. Kanis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













26 D. Gent 8 C. Philp 12 A. Hughes



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













32 I. Egerton 14 L. Crane 22 B. Kann



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Les Foote