1955 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1955 between Essendon and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (9.18.72) defeated Footscray (5.22.52).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 9.18.72 - 5.22.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 5 . 7 7 . 15 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Footscray 0 . 3 1 . 13 1 . 14 5 . 22 5 . 22 (52)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
36 Chapman, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 3 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 18

Footscray

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

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