1955 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1955 between Geelong and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (10.11.71) defeated Melbourne (6.16.52).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 26,755

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 3 . 6 5 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Melbourne 4 . 4 4 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 9 MELB by 10 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 1 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 2 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 2 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 16

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