1955 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1955 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Bill Stephen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (12.14.86) defeated Fitzroy (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 July 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,033

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.14.86 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 8 9 . 13 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Bill Stephen
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Bow, Glen ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 6 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 4 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 14

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 2 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
21 Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Trickey, Ern ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 1 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

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