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Melbourne vs Essendon

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Round: 16   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sat, 06-08-1955 2:15 pm   Crowd: 49,352  
Melbourne 3.9.277.14.5610.19.7916.23.119 C:  Norm Smith
Essendon 0.4.43.7.253.10.287.12.54 C:  Dick Reynolds
  MELB by 23MELB by 31MELB by 51MELB by 65  

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
6 Adams, Frank 0 20y 55d 35 34
31 Barassi, Ron 2 19y 160d 35 28
30 Beckwith, John 0 22y 324d 78 19
4 Christie, Ken 0 27y 343d 69 9
1 Cordner, Denis 0 31y 39d 128 80
9 Dixon, Brian 0 19y 78d 22 9
18 Johnson, Bob 5 20y 64d 26 48
14 Johnson, Trevor 0 20y 193d 10 0
16 Laidlaw, Clyde 1 21y 252d 22 10
3 Marquis, Peter 0 23y 146d 50 3
17 McGivern, Geoff 0 24y 222d 88 53
2 McKenzie, Bob 2 26y 230d 121 249
5 McLean, Ian 0 25y 344d 64 7
35 McMahen, Noel 0 28y 280d 152 26
38 Melville, Ken 0 24y 176d 48 0
11 Mithen, Laurie 3 21y 113d 26 26
24 Ridley, Ian 2 21y 172d 13 25
12 Spencer, Stuart 1 23y 184d 99 94
15 Webb, Athol 0 19y 327d 5 7
25 Williams, Don 0 19y 276d 53 0
  Rushed   23  
  Totals         16 23         23y 53d 1144 727
Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
19 Bigelow, Doug 0 27y 20d 128 25
2 Booth, Stan 0 21y 246d 52 60
18 Burgess, Reg 0 21y 0d 32 0
32 Carmichael, Don 0 18y 156d 3 0
20 Carstairs, Jim 0 25y 340d 56 19
36 Chapman, Keith 0 21y 156d 5 1
6 Dench, Doug 0 25y 189d 15 0
24 Fox, Robert 1 23y 277d 16 17
13 Gallagher, Fred 0 24y 217d 41 11
3 Gill, John 1 23y 109d 72 50
23 Harrington, Jack 0 25y 41d 46 9
7 Hutchison, Bill 0 32y 100d 256 435
30 Leek, Geoff 0 23y 169d 61 31
25 McConnell, Roy 0 27y 350d 120 0
31 Mitchell, Hugh 1 20y 257d 36 68
16 O'Sullivan, Peter 0 23y 76d 44 1
34 Pascoe, Mal 1 22y 128d 37 1
27 Peucker, Ken 1 20y 185d 24 23
9 Sewell, Greg 2 22y 37d 59 8
15 Taylor, Bob 0 24y 87d 24 0
  Rushed   12  
  Totals         7 12         23y 267d 1127 759

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.