1955 VFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1955 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Glenferrie Oval. John Kennedy captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Hawthorn (7.8.50) were defeated by Essendon (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 August 1955
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 24,500

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 7.8.50 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 7 10 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin HWTH by 5 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: John Kennedy
Coach: Jack Hale

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham HFFR ? 2 ?
5 Cash, Pat FF ? 1 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin RO ? 1 ?
14 Crane, Len HBFR ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian FPL ? 0 ?
26 Gent, Don FB ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf HBFL↓ ? 0 ?
18 Kanis, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 ?
22 Kann, Brian BPL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John (c) RR ? 0 ?
34 McCann, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil WL ? 1 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John RU ? 1 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HFFL ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton CHF↓ ? 1 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan BPR ? 0 ?
21 Yeoman, Ray FPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

I. McCann replaced A. Hughes during the third quarter.
P. Kanis replaced C. Thompson during the fourth quarter.

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 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 4 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 3 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 3 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 1 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 J. Peck 18 P. Kanis
21 R. Yeoman 5 P. Cash 32 I. Egerton 10 J. Kennedy (c) 34 I. McCann
FORWARD 6 K. Coghlan

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2 G. Arthur 20 C. Thompson 27 R. Simmonds



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 15 P. O'Brien FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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14 L. Crane 8 C. Philp 12 A. Hughes



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













24 A. Woodley 26 D. Gent 22 B. Kann



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds