1955 VFLS Season: Footscray Seconds

These are the details of the premiership results for the Footscray Seconds for the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Collingwood Seconds in the first semi final and defeating the Melbourne Seconds in the preliminary final, the Footscray Seconds were defeated by the Richmond Seconds in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1955 VFLS Season
Team: Footscray Seconds
Home Ground: Western Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 117.0)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player	Guernseys	Matches	Goals	Rounds

Coach Results

Coach	Matches (W-D-L)				Rounds

Match Results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result		Coach	Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955	Round 1	Collingwood (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 10	unknown	unknown
23/04/1955	Round 2	Richmond (S)	AWAY	LOSS	RICS by 15	unknown	unknown
30/04/1955	Round 3	Melbourne (S)	HOME	LOSS	MLBS by 14	unknown	unknown
07/05/1955	Round 4	Essendon (S)	AWAY	LOSS	ESSS by 15	unknown	unknown
14/05/1955	Round 5	Geelong (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 20	unknown	unknown
21/05/1955	Round 6	Fitzroy (S)	AWAY	LOSS	FITS by 1	unknown	unknown
28/05/1955	Round 7	North Melbourne (S)	AWAY	LOSS	NMLS by 11	unknown	unknown
04/06/1955	Round 8	St Kilda (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 54	unknown	unknown
13/06/1955	Round 9	Hawthorn (S)	AWAY	WIN	FOOS by 20	unknown	unknown
25/06/1955	Round 10	Carlton (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 44	unknown	unknown
02/07/1955	Round 11	South Melbourne (S)	AWAY	WIN	FOOS by 3	unknown	unknown
09/07/1955	Round 12	Collingwood (S)	AWAY	LOSS	COLS by 22	unknown	unknown
16/07/1955	Round 13	Richmond (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 2	unknown	unknown
23/07/1955	Round 14	Melbourne (S)	AWAY	LOSS	MLBS by 25	unknown	unknown
30/07/1955	Round 15	Essendon (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 48	unknown	unknown
06/08/1955	Round 16	Geelong (S)	AWAY	WIN	FOOS by 19	unknown	unknown
13/08/1955	Round 17	Fitzroy (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 36	unknown	unknown
20/08/1955	Round 18	North Melbourne (S)	HOME	WIN	FOOS by 49	unknown	unknown
27/08/1955	Semi Final	Collingwood (S)	AWAY	WIN	FOOS by 11	unknown	unknown
10/09/1955	Preliminary Final	Melbourne (S)	AWAY	WIN	FOOS by 14	unknown	unknown
17/09/1955	Grand Final	Richmond (S)	AWAY	LOSS	RICS by 30	unknown	unknown

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1955 VFLS Season

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