1955 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1955 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round twelve of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Melbourne (17.16.118) defeated St Kilda (3.3.21).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 9 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,624

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 17.16.118 - 3.3.21

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 3 11 . 10 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
St Kilda 1 . 1 2 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 3 3 . 3 (21)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 26 MELB by 62 MELB by 97 MELB by 97
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 2 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Burton, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
38 Cooper, Peter ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
8 Dihm, Merv ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 Jeans, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 McCooke, Milne ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
39 Mennie, Allan ? ? 0 ?
35 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
28 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
40 Suttie, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 3

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