1955 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1955 between Geelong and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (9.7.61) defeated Essendon (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 August 1955
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,109

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 9.7.61 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Essendon 0 . 2 1 . 4 2 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Barton, Colin ? ? 0 ?
34 Beardsley, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
29 Bullen, Roger ? ? 0 ?
16 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 1 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
31 Sutcliffe, Max ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

Essendon

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