1955 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1955 between Footscray and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League.
Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval.
Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain.
Lou Richards captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.
Footscray (5.13.43) defeated Collingwood (5.7.37).
Match Details
Season:
1955 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Footscray
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 9 July 1955
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
42,354
Match Results
Outcome:
Footscray
def.
Collingwood
Score:
5.13.43 - 5.7.37
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 0 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 5 | 3 | . | 8 | 5 | . | 13 | 5 | . | 13 | (43) |
| Collingwood | 4 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 7 | 5 | . | 7 | (37) |
| Margin | COLL by 24 | COLL by 21 | COLL by 9 | FOOT by 6 | FOOT by 6 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Footscray
Captain: Charlie SuttonVice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton
Collingwood
Captain: Lou RichardsCoach: Phonse Kyne
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Box, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Bryden, Dave | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Clough, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Collins, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Duffy, Roger | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Edwards, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Gardiner, Alex | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Henderson, Herb | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Kerr, John | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 26 | Nuttall, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Reynolds, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Smith, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Stevens, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Stockman, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Sutton, Charlie (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Trusler, Alan | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 13 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Gooch, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Hamilton, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Healey, Des | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Hickey, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Jones, Bill | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Kingston, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Lucas, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Merrett, Thorold | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Parker, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Richards, Lou (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Richards, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Rose, Bob | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 29 | Sharp, Lerrel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Smale, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Tuck, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Turner, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Twomey, Bill | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 25 | Twomey, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Waller, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Weideman, Murray | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 7 | |||