1955 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1955 between Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Noel McMahen captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (16.23.119) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 August 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,352

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 16.23.119 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 9 7 . 14 10 . 19 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
Essendon 0 . 4 3 . 7 3 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MELB by 23 MELB by 31 MELB by 51 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Noel McMahen
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
15 Webb, Athol ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
32 Carmichael, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
36 Chapman, Keith ? ? 0 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 1 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 2 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

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