1955 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1955 between Footscray and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the hosts. Bob Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (10.13.73) were defeated by Geelong (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 August 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 33,902

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 10.13.73 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 6 . 7 7 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Geelong 4 . 7 6 . 7 10 . 14 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin GEEL by 29 level GEEL by 25 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

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 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 3 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
21 Porta, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 2 ?
16 Smith, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Westacott, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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