1955 VFL Season: Essendon
Season Team Details
Competition:
1955 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 130.6)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by Geelong (Semi Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow, Doug | #19 | 17 | 3 | R01-04, R06, R08-18, SF |
| Booth, Stan | #2 | 14 | 10 | R01-07, R10, R12-14, R16-17, SF |
| Burgess, Reg | #18 | 19 | 0 | R01-18, SF |
| Carmichael, Don | #32 | 3 | 0 | R12-13, R16 |
| Carstairs, Jim | #20 | 19 | 3 | R01-18, SF |
| Chapman, Keith | #36 | 6 | 1 | R12-16, R18 |
| Clarke, Jack | #1 | 16 | 1 | R01-11, R14-15, R17-18, SF |
| Colliver, Barry | #4 | 5 | 1 | R04, R08-11 |
| Dench, Doug | #6 | 18 | 0 | R01-09, R11-18, SF |
| Diston, Morton | #12 | 5 | 2 | R05-09 |
| Fox, Robert | #24 | 19 | 24 | R01-18, SF |
| Gallagher, Fred | #13 | 14 | 1 | R02, R04-12, R15-16, R18, SF |
| Gamble, Jeff | #22 | 8 | 4 | R01-02, R10-15 |
| Gill, John | #3 | 16 | 12 | R01-05, R08-12, R14-18, SF |
| Harrington, Jack | #23 | 19 | 2 | R01-18, SF |
| Heenan, Jim | #14 | 16 | 0 | R03-15, R17-18, SF |
| Hutchison, Bill | #7 | 19 | 32 | R01-18, SF |
| Knowles, Jack | #21 | 9 | 0 | R01-03, R05-07, R13-14, R17 |
| Leek, Geoff | #30 | 19 | 4 | R01-18, SF |
| McConnell, Roy | #25 | 19 | 0 | R01-18, SF |
| Mitchell, Hugh | #31 | 19 | 51 | R01-18, SF |
| Monks, Ian | #29 | 4 | 2 | R07-10 |
| O'Sullivan, Peter | #16 | 9 | 0 | R01, R04, R07-08, R11, R16-18, SF |
| Pascoe, Mal | #34 | 14 | 6 | R01-09, R15-18, SF |
| Peucker, Ken | #27 | 17 | 27 | R01-06, R09-18, SF |
| Prest, Warren | #28 | 2 | 0 | R01, R07 |
| Reed, Ken | #35 | 2 | 0 | R03, R13 |
| Sewell, Greg | #9 | 19 | 12 | R01-18, SF |
| Taylor, Bob | #15 | 12 | 0 | R02-03, R10-18, SF |
| Towner, John | #33 | 1 | 0 | R05 |
| Willey, Graham | #37 | 1 | 2 | R06 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds, Dick | 19 | 12 | -0- | 7 | R01-18, SF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/04/1955 | Round 1 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 17 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 23/04/1955 | Round 2 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 65 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 30/04/1955 | Round 3 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 11 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 07/05/1955 | Round 4 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 13 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 14/05/1955 | Round 5 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 14 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 21/05/1955 | Round 6 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 54 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 28/05/1955 | Round 7 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 5 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 04/06/1955 | Round 8 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 38 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 11/06/1955 | Round 9 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 58 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 25/06/1955 | Round 10 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 13 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 02/07/1955 | Round 11 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 26 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 09/07/1955 | Round 12 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 41 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 16/07/1955 | Round 13 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 45 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 23/07/1955 | Round 14 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 64 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 30/07/1955 | Round 15 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 20 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 06/08/1955 | Round 16 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 65 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 13/08/1955 | Round 17 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 73 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 20/08/1955 | Round 18 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 42 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 27/08/1955 | Semi Final | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 8 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |