1955 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1955 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the hosts. Noel McMahen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (11.8.74) defeated Melbourne (9.19.73).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 32,735

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 11.8.74 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Melbourne 1 . 10 2 . 13 5 . 18 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Margin MELB by 1 FOOT by 16 level FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
8 Clough, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 2 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
36 Atkinson, Dick ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 1 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Fred ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 19

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