1955 VFLS Season

These are the results for the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds. Richmond Seconds were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Richmond Seconds were the premiers, with Col Austen as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1955 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park Mick Price
Collingwood Seconds Victoria Park Jack Pimm
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds Western Oval
Geelong Seconds Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Seconds Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Seconds MCG
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Col Austen
South Melbourne Seconds Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond Seconds
Runners-Up: Footscray Seconds
Minor Premiers: Richmond Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Seconds 1st 15 -0- 3 60 170.8% 1,635 957 226 279 130 177
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 119.0% 1,399 1,176 193 241 162 204
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 120.4% 1,400 1,163 196 224 159 209
Footscray Seconds 4th 11 -0- 7 44 117.0% 1,391 1,189 192 239 161 223
Essendon Seconds 5th 11 -0- 7 44 107.6% 1,249 1,161 170 229 158 213
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 10 -0- 8 40 117.3% 1,435 1,223 203 217 172 191
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 9 -0- 9 36 88.7% 1,258 1,419 173 220 200 219
Geelong Seconds 8th 8 -0- 10 32 100.2% 1,202 1,200 160 242 164 216
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 7 -0- 11 28 91.9% 1,229 1,338 169 215 187 216
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 12 24 72.5% 1,077 1,486 147 195 204 262
Carlton Seconds 11th 5 -0- 13 20 84.5% 1,239 1,467 168 231 199 273
St Kilda Seconds 12th 3 -0- 15 12 54.6% 885 1,620 121 159 222 288

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond Seconds 1st Premiers
Footscray Seconds 2nd Runners-Up
Melbourne Seconds 3rd Defeated by Footscray Seconds (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood Seconds 4th Defeated by Footscray Seconds (Semi Final)
Essendon Seconds 5th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Seconds 6th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Seconds 7th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong Seconds 8th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Seconds 9th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Seconds 10th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Seconds 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Seconds 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1955 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 72 - 71
SAT 16/04/1955 Footscray (S) v Collingwood (S) Western Oval 80 - 70
SAT 16/04/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Fitzroy (S) Glenferrie Oval 95 - 67
SAT 16/04/1955 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 119 - 51
SAT 16/04/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Arden Street Oval 75 - 63
SAT 16/04/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 73 - 78

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 233.3% 119 51
Hawthorn Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 141.8% 95 67
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 119.0% 75 63
Footscray Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 114.3% 80 70
Geelong Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 106.8% 78 73
Essendon Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.4% 72 71
Richmond Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.6% 71 72
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 93.6% 73 78
Collingwood Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 87.5% 70 80
Carlton Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 84.0% 63 75
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 70.5% 67 95
St Kilda Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 42.9% 51 119

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1955 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 67 - 77
SAT 23/04/1955 Collingwood (S) v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 61 - 76
SAT 23/04/1955 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 128
SAT 23/04/1955 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 55 - 59
SAT 23/04/1955 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 75 - 60
SAT 23/04/1955 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 82 - 78

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 167.9% 178 106
Hawthorn Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 128.4% 172 134
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 121.8% 151 124
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 1 -0- 1 4 142.6% 201 141
Richmond Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 110.6% 146 132
Geelong Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.8% 133 132
Essendon Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 98.0% 150 153
Footscray Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 96.6% 140 145
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -0- 1 4 67.5% 133 197
Carlton Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 85.5% 130 152
Collingwood Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 84.0% 131 156
Fitzroy Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 58.3% 130 223

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 66
SAT 30/04/1955 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 56 - 70
SAT 30/04/1955 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 92 - 140
SAT 30/04/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 71 - 95
SAT 30/04/1955 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) Punt Road Oval 106 - 86
SAT 30/04/1955 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood (S) Junction Oval 44 - 123

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 153.1% 248 162
South Melbourne Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 146.4% 341 233
Richmond Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 115.6% 252 218
Essendon Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 109.4% 245 224
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 101.4% 222 219
Hawthorn Seconds 6th 2 -0- 1 8 96.4% 264 274
Collingwood Seconds 7th 1 -0- 2 4 127.0% 254 200
Geelong Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 92.0% 219 238
Footscray Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 91.2% 196 215
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 1 -0- 2 4 73.0% 211 289
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 2 4 55.3% 177 320
Carlton Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 84.1% 196 233

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1955 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 75 - 49
SAT 07/05/1955 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 99 - 64
SAT 07/05/1955 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 73 - 58
SAT 07/05/1955 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Kardinia Park 79 - 46
SAT 07/05/1955 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 83 - 47
SAT 07/05/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 54 - 80

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 158.4% 331 209
Richmond Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 122.1% 332 272
Essendon Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 112.8% 318 282
Collingwood Seconds 4th 2 -0- 2 8 133.7% 353 264
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 2 -0- 2 8 126.2% 395 313
Geelong Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 104.9% 298 284
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 89.1% 269 302
Hawthorn Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 87.9% 328 373
Carlton Seconds 9th 1 -0- 3 4 96.1% 271 282
Footscray Seconds 10th 1 -0- 3 4 88.2% 254 288
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 1 -0- 3 4 69.8% 257 368
St Kilda Seconds 12th 1 -0- 3 4 57.2% 226 395

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1955 Collingwood (S) v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 83 - 54
SAT 14/05/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Richmond (S) Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 110
SAT 14/05/1955 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 59 - 39
SAT 14/05/1955 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 83 - 81
SAT 14/05/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 53 - 91
SAT 14/05/1955 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 44 - 107

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 142.8% 414 290
Richmond Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 137.7% 442 321
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 140.6% 502 357
Collingwood Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 137.1% 436 318
Essendon Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 109.3% 399 365
Hawthorn Seconds 6th 3 -0- 2 12 98.4% 419 426
Geelong Seconds 7th 2 -0- 3 8 98.3% 337 343
Footscray Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 95.7% 313 327
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.9% 322 393
Carlton Seconds 10th 1 -0- 4 4 89.0% 325 365
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 1 -0- 4 4 64.0% 306 478
St Kilda Seconds 12th 1 -0- 4 4 53.8% 270 502

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1955 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 92 - 63
SAT 21/05/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 61
SAT 21/05/1955 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Kardinia Park 109 - 42
SAT 21/05/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 67 - 86
SAT 21/05/1955 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 79 - 22
SAT 21/05/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Lakeside Oval 86 - 76

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 6 -0- 0 24 140.1% 500 357
Richmond Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 151.9% 521 343
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 135.8% 588 433
Essendon Seconds 4th 4 -0- 2 16 114.7% 491 428
Collingwood Seconds 5th 3 -0- 3 12 121.7% 499 410
Geelong Seconds 6th 3 -0- 3 12 115.8% 446 385
Hawthorn Seconds 7th 3 -0- 3 12 94.9% 486 512
Footscray Seconds 8th 2 -0- 4 8 96.1% 374 389
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 72.9% 344 472
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 2 -0- 4 8 68.3% 368 539
Carlton Seconds 11th 1 -0- 5 4 88.9% 401 451
St Kilda Seconds 12th 1 -0- 5 4 51.1% 312 611

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1955 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 57 - 64
SAT 28/05/1955 Collingwood (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 42 - 93
SAT 28/05/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 58 - 59
SAT 28/05/1955 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) MCG 55 - 67
SAT 28/05/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 91 - 80
SAT 28/05/1955 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 36 - 111

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 6 -0- 1 24 166.8% 632 379
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 130.9% 555 424
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 134.2% 655 488
Essendon Seconds 4th 5 -0- 2 20 113.2% 550 486
Geelong Seconds 5th 4 -0- 3 16 115.4% 510 442
Collingwood Seconds 6th 3 -0- 4 12 107.6% 541 503
Hawthorn Seconds 7th 3 -0- 4 12 95.3% 544 571
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 79.3% 461 581
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 3 -0- 4 12 78.8% 435 552
Footscray Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 94.6% 454 480
Carlton Seconds 11th 1 -0- 6 4 88.9% 458 515
St Kilda Seconds 12th 1 -0- 6 4 48.2% 348 722

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1955 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 71 - 100
SAT 04/06/1955 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 122 - 81
SAT 04/06/1955 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 116 - 62
SAT 04/06/1955 Geelong (S) v Collingwood (S) Kardinia Park 87 - 52
SAT 04/06/1955 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 76 - 49
SAT 04/06/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 54 - 74

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 7 -0- 1 28 165.4% 708 428
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 132.3% 655 495
Essendon Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 115.6% 624 540
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 5 -0- 3 20 126.2% 709 562
Geelong Seconds 5th 5 -0- 3 20 120.9% 597 494
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 4 -0- 4 16 88.1% 583 662
Footscray Seconds 7th 3 -0- 5 12 105.2% 570 542
Collingwood Seconds 8th 3 -0- 5 12 100.5% 593 590
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 3 -0- 5 12 91.7% 593 647
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -0- 5 12 76.6% 516 674
Carlton Seconds 11th 1 -0- 7 4 86.0% 529 615
St Kilda Seconds 12th 1 -0- 7 4 48.9% 410 838

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1955 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 88 - 76
SAT 11/06/1955 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 89 - 78
SAT 11/06/1955 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 51 - 58
SAT 11/06/1955 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 134 - 70
SAT 11/06/1955 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 44 - 76
MON 13/06/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 64 - 84

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 8 -0- 1 32 169.1% 842 498
Essendon Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 115.4% 713 618
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 115.3% 725 629
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 5 -0- 4 20 120.8% 785 650
Geelong Seconds 5th 5 -0- 4 20 117.4% 648 552
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 5 -0- 4 20 93.3% 659 706
Footscray Seconds 7th 4 -0- 5 16 107.9% 654 606
Collingwood Seconds 8th 4 -0- 5 16 102.3% 681 666
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 5 16 79.2% 574 725
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 6 12 89.9% 657 731
Carlton Seconds 11th 1 -0- 8 4 86.2% 607 704
St Kilda Seconds 12th 1 -0- 8 4 49.7% 454 914

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1955 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 42 - 41
SAT 25/06/1955 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 48 - 57
SAT 25/06/1955 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 109 - 65
SAT 25/06/1955 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 45 - 49
SAT 25/06/1955 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 37 - 68
SAT 25/06/1955 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 46 - 24

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 8 -0- 2 32 163.5% 883 540
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 113.6% 770 678
Essendon Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 112.7% 761 675
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 6 -0- 4 24 124.2% 853 687
Geelong Seconds 5th 6 -0- 4 24 117.5% 705 600
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 6 -0- 4 24 94.3% 708 751
Footscray Seconds 7th 5 -0- 5 20 113.7% 763 671
Collingwood Seconds 8th 5 -0- 5 20 102.3% 723 707
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 6 16 77.0% 611 793
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 7 12 87.6% 681 777
St Kilda Seconds 11th 2 -0- 8 8 53.3% 500 938
Carlton Seconds 12th 1 -0- 9 4 82.7% 672 813

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1955 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 102 - 129
SAT 02/07/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 109 - 79
SAT 02/07/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 78 - 60
SAT 02/07/1955 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) MCG 84 - 51
SAT 02/07/1955 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 71 - 62
SAT 02/07/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Lakeside Oval 62 - 65

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 9 -0- 2 36 157.6% 1,012 642
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 117.1% 854 729
Essendon Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 107.1% 840 784
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 7 -0- 4 28 98.4% 817 830
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 6 -0- 5 24 121.7% 915 752
Footscray Seconds 6th 6 -0- 5 24 113.0% 828 733
Geelong Seconds 7th 6 -0- 5 24 112.8% 765 678
Collingwood Seconds 8th 5 -0- 6 20 97.9% 774 791
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 6 20 79.8% 682 855
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -0- 7 16 90.7% 759 837
St Kilda Seconds 11th 2 -0- 9 8 55.7% 562 1,009
Carlton Seconds 12th 1 -0- 10 4 82.2% 774 942

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1955 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 113 - 91
SAT 09/07/1955 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 96 - 74
SAT 09/07/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 117 - 58
SAT 09/07/1955 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 64 - 74
SAT 09/07/1955 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Punt Road Oval 75 - 44
SAT 09/07/1955 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 69 - 97

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 10 -0- 2 40 158.5% 1,087 686
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 119.2% 951 798
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 105.2% 934 888
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 7 -0- 5 28 121.2% 989 816
Essendon Seconds 5th 7 -0- 5 28 102.9% 884 859
Geelong Seconds 6th 6 -0- 6 24 110.2% 829 752
Footscray Seconds 7th 6 -0- 6 24 108.8% 902 829
Collingwood Seconds 8th 6 -0- 6 24 100.6% 870 865
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 7 20 79.9% 773 968
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -0- 8 16 85.6% 817 954
Carlton Seconds 11th 2 -0- 10 8 85.9% 887 1,033
St Kilda Seconds 12th 2 -0- 10 8 57.1% 631 1,106

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1955 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 69 - 26
SAT 16/07/1955 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 58 - 56
SAT 16/07/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 44 - 59
SAT 16/07/1955 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 92 - 38
SAT 16/07/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Arden Street Oval 59 - 101
SAT 16/07/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Lakeside Oval 80 - 89

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 10 -0- 3 40 153.6% 1,143 744
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 124.8% 1,043 836
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 105.7% 1,023 968
Essendon Seconds 4th 8 -0- 5 32 107.7% 953 885
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 7 -0- 6 28 118.1% 1,069 905
Footscray Seconds 6th 7 -0- 6 28 108.5% 960 885
Collingwood Seconds 7th 7 -0- 6 28 105.1% 971 924
Geelong Seconds 8th 6 -0- 7 24 102.7% 867 844
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 8 20 77.8% 832 1,069
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -0- 9 16 85.0% 861 1,013
Carlton Seconds 11th 3 -0- 10 12 87.8% 946 1,077
St Kilda Seconds 12th 2 -0- 11 8 55.9% 657 1,175

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1955 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 64 - 54
SAT 23/07/1955 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 109 - 24
SAT 23/07/1955 Essendon (S) v North Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 86 - 50
SAT 23/07/1955 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Kardinia Park 55 - 115
SAT 23/07/1955 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 110 - 85
SAT 23/07/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Lakeside Oval 61 - 63

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 11 -0- 3 44 157.4% 1,258 799
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 125.2% 1,153 921
Essendon Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 111.1% 1,039 935
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 9 -0- 5 36 104.4% 1,077 1,032
Collingwood Seconds 5th 8 -0- 6 32 113.9% 1,080 948
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 7 -0- 7 28 116.7% 1,130 968
Footscray Seconds 7th 7 -0- 7 28 105.0% 1,045 995
Geelong Seconds 8th 6 -0- 8 24 96.1% 922 959
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 5 -0- 9 20 86.0% 924 1,074
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 5 -0- 9 20 76.4% 882 1,155
Carlton Seconds 11th 4 -0- 10 16 89.3% 1,010 1,131
St Kilda Seconds 12th 2 -0- 12 8 53.0% 681 1,284

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 54 - 75
SAT 30/07/1955 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 77 - 29
SAT 30/07/1955 Hawthorn (S) v Collingwood (S) Glenferrie Oval 63 - 35
SAT 30/07/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 47 - 46
SAT 30/07/1955 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 106 - 54
SAT 30/07/1955 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 67 - 61

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 12 -0- 3 48 159.9% 1,364 853
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 123.9% 1,199 968
Essendon Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 105.5% 1,068 1,012
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 9 -0- 6 36 102.2% 1,131 1,107
Collingwood Seconds 5th 8 -0- 7 32 110.3% 1,115 1,011
Footscray Seconds 6th 8 -0- 7 32 109.6% 1,122 1,024
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 8 28 110.2% 1,184 1,074
Geelong Seconds 8th 7 -0- 8 28 98.4% 997 1,013
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 6 -0- 9 24 89.0% 987 1,109
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 9 24 77.4% 929 1,201
Carlton Seconds 11th 4 -0- 11 16 89.4% 1,071 1,198
St Kilda Seconds 12th 3 -0- 12 12 55.6% 748 1,345

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1955 Carlton (S) v Collingwood (S) Princes Park 47 - 120
SAT 06/08/1955 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 67 - 43
SAT 06/08/1955 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Kardinia Park 58 - 77
SAT 06/08/1955 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 116 - 49
SAT 06/08/1955 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 116 - 13
SAT 06/08/1955 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 76 - 26

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 13 -0- 3 52 170.9% 1,480 866
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 120.0% 1,242 1,035
Essendon Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 107.6% 1,135 1,055
Collingwood Seconds 4th 9 -0- 7 36 116.7% 1,235 1,058
Footscray Seconds 5th 9 -0- 7 36 110.8% 1,199 1,082
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 9 -0- 7 36 93.5% 1,144 1,223
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 8 -0- 8 32 114.5% 1,260 1,100
Geelong Seconds 8th 7 -0- 9 28 96.8% 1,055 1,090
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 7 -0- 9 28 95.3% 1,103 1,158
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 10 24 74.3% 978 1,317
Carlton Seconds 11th 4 -0- 12 16 84.8% 1,118 1,318
St Kilda Seconds 12th 3 -0- 13 12 54.5% 774 1,421

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1955 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 80 - 116
SAT 13/08/1955 Collingwood (S) v Essendon (S) Victoria Park 62 - 48
SAT 13/08/1955 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 93 - 57
SAT 13/08/1955 Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) MCG 114 - 82
SAT 13/08/1955 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 49 - 70
SAT 13/08/1955 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 69 - 114

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 14 -0- 3 56 169.4% 1,550 915
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 121.4% 1,356 1,117
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 117.3% 1,297 1,106
Footscray Seconds 4th 10 -0- 7 40 113.4% 1,292 1,139
Essendon Seconds 5th 10 -0- 7 40 105.9% 1,183 1,117
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 8 36 116.6% 1,376 1,180
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 9 -0- 8 36 91.3% 1,201 1,316
Geelong Seconds 8th 8 -0- 9 32 100.9% 1,169 1,159
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 7 -0- 10 28 93.2% 1,185 1,272
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 11 24 74.0% 1,027 1,387
Carlton Seconds 11th 4 -0- 13 16 83.5% 1,198 1,434
St Kilda Seconds 12th 3 -0- 14 12 54.9% 843 1,535

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1955 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 66 - 44
SAT 20/08/1955 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 103
SAT 20/08/1955 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 99 - 50
SAT 20/08/1955 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Kardinia Park 33 - 41
SAT 20/08/1955 Richmond (S) v St Kilda (S) Punt Road Oval 85 - 42
SAT 20/08/1955 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 59 - 43

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 15 -0- 3 60 170.8% 1,635 957
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 119.0% 1,399 1,176
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 120.4% 1,400 1,163
Footscray Seconds 4th 11 -0- 7 44 117.0% 1,391 1,189
Essendon Seconds 5th 11 -0- 7 44 107.6% 1,249 1,161
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 10 -0- 8 40 117.3% 1,435 1,223
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 9 -0- 9 36 88.7% 1,258 1,419
Geelong Seconds 8th 8 -0- 10 32 100.2% 1,202 1,200
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 7 -0- 11 28 91.9% 1,229 1,338
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 12 24 72.5% 1,077 1,486
Carlton Seconds 11th 5 -0- 13 20 84.5% 1,239 1,467
St Kilda Seconds 12th 3 -0- 15 12 54.6% 885 1,620

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1955 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 70 - 81
SAT 03/09/1955 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) MCG 84 - 60

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1955 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 90 - 104

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1955 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 96 - 66