1955 VFL Season Round 12: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1955 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval.
Roy Simmonds captained the hosts.
Bill Stephen captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.
Hawthorn (18.12.120) defeated Fitzroy (9.5.59).
Match Details
Season:
1955 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Hawthorn
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Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 9 July 1955
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Glenferrie Oval
Attendance:
10,500
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 3 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 9 | 18 | . | 12 | 18 | . | 12 | (120) |
| Fitzroy | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 5 | (59) |
| Margin | HWTH by 10 | HWTH by 21 | HWTH by 52 | HWTH by 61 | HWTH by 61 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Roy SimmondsCoach: Jack Hale
Fitzroy
Captain: Bill StephenCoach: Bill Stephen
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 2 | Arthur, Graham | HFFR↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Cash, Pat | RR | ? | 4 | ? |
| 39 | Collins, Bill | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Crane, Len | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Egerton, Ian | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Elsworth, Bill | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Fanning, Alan | SUB↑ | ? | 2 | ? |
| 26 | Gent, Don | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Hughes, Alf | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Kanis, Peter | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Kann, Brian | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | C | ? | 1 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Simmonds, Roy (c) | RO | ? | 5 | ? |
| 31 | Takle, Barry | SUB↑ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | Thompson, Clayton | FF↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Voigt, Noel | FPL | ? | 4 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Woodley, Allan | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Yeoman, Ray | FPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 12 | |||
A. Fanning replaced C. Thompson at three-quarter-time.
B. Takle replaced G. Arthur during the fourth quarter.
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 16 | Abrahams, Owen | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 24 | Bench, Arnie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Chambers, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Clark, Wally | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Davey, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Elder, Toby | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Furness, Don | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 33 | Gale, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Gervasoni, Jack | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 15 | Goodger, Eddie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Johnstone, Norm | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 14 | MacGregor, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Smith, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Smyth, Leo | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Stephen, Bill (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Trickey, Ern | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Vernon, Rod | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Webb, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Williams, Vin | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 5 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Hawthorn | Coach: Jack Hale | ||||||||||||||
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| 21 | R. Yeoman | 20 | C. Thompson | 17 | N. Voigt | 5 | P. Cash | 31 | B. Takle | ||||||
| FORWARD | 27 | R. Simmonds (c) |
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| 2 | G. Arthur | 24 | A. Woodley | 19 | B. Elsworth |
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| 14 | L. Crane | 8 | C. Philp | 12 | A. Hughes |
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| 39 | B. Collins | 26 | D. Gent | 22 | B. Kann |
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| Fitzroy | Coach: Bill Stephen | ||||||||||||||