1955 VFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 14 |
Premiers |
Williamstown 7th premiership |
Minor premiers |
Port Melbourne 7th minor premiership |
The 1955 Victorian Football Association season was the 74th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it recorded a come-from-behind nine-point victory against Port Melbourne in the Grand Final on 24 September. It was Williamstown's seventh premiership, its second in a row, and the second of five premierships won in six seasons from 1954 until 1959.
The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||||
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1 | Port Melbourne | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2061 | 1442 | 142.9 | 70 | |||
2 | Preston | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1767 | 1235 | 143.1 | 68 | |||
3 | Williamstown (P) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1789 | 1261 | 141.9 | 64 | |||
4 | Moorabbin | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1762 | 1348 | 130.7 | 56 | |||
5 | Brunswick | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1690 | 1407 | 120.6 | 46 | |||
6 | Coburg | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1745 | 1523 | 114.6 | 44 | |||
7 | Box Hill | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1461 | 1559 | 93.7 | 40 | |||
8 | Prahran | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1547 | 1663 | 93.0 | 36 | |||
9 | Yarraville | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1429 | 1623 | 88.0 | 36 | |||
10 | Sandringham | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1560 | 1888 | 82.6 | 32 | |||
11 | Northcote | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1245 | 1547 | 80.5 | 24 | |||
12 | Oakleigh | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1375 | 1668 | 82.4 | 20 | |||
13 | Camberwell | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1328 | 1736 | 76.5 | 20 | |||
14 | Brighton | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1040 | 1905 | 54.6 | 4 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source [1] |
Semifinals | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September | Williamstown 12.12 (84) | def. | Moorabbin 10.9 (69) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 11,000) | [2] |
Saturday, 10 September | Port Melbourne 19.15 (129) | def. | Preston 8.13 (61) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) | [3] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Saturday, 17 September | Preston 10.13 (73) | def. by | Williamstown 11.16 (82) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) | [4] |
1955 VFA Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 24 September | Port Melbourne | def. by | Williamstown | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 30,000) | [5] [6] |
7.3 (45) 8.6 (54) 12.8 (80) 13.10 (88) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.3 (9) 5.10 (40) 7.13 (55) 13.19 (97) |
Umpires: Jack Irving | ||
Bragg 4, Miller 3, Walsh 2, Bonnett, McBroom, Shannon, Stone | Goals | Linton 6, Smith 2, Callahan, Fisher, Gear, McPherson, Simpson | |||
Storey (broken ankle), Tucker (cut eyebrow) | Injuries | Linton (head cuts) | |||
1955 VFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 14 |
Premiers |
Williamstown 7th premiership |
Minor premiers |
Port Melbourne 7th minor premiership |
The 1955 Victorian Football Association season was the 74th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it recorded a come-from-behind nine-point victory against Port Melbourne in the Grand Final on 24 September. It was Williamstown's seventh premiership, its second in a row, and the second of five premierships won in six seasons from 1954 until 1959.
The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||||
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1 | Port Melbourne | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2061 | 1442 | 142.9 | 70 | |||
2 | Preston | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1767 | 1235 | 143.1 | 68 | |||
3 | Williamstown (P) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1789 | 1261 | 141.9 | 64 | |||
4 | Moorabbin | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1762 | 1348 | 130.7 | 56 | |||
5 | Brunswick | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1690 | 1407 | 120.6 | 46 | |||
6 | Coburg | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1745 | 1523 | 114.6 | 44 | |||
7 | Box Hill | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1461 | 1559 | 93.7 | 40 | |||
8 | Prahran | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1547 | 1663 | 93.0 | 36 | |||
9 | Yarraville | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1429 | 1623 | 88.0 | 36 | |||
10 | Sandringham | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1560 | 1888 | 82.6 | 32 | |||
11 | Northcote | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1245 | 1547 | 80.5 | 24 | |||
12 | Oakleigh | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1375 | 1668 | 82.4 | 20 | |||
13 | Camberwell | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1328 | 1736 | 76.5 | 20 | |||
14 | Brighton | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1040 | 1905 | 54.6 | 4 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source [1] |
Semifinals | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September | Williamstown 12.12 (84) | def. | Moorabbin 10.9 (69) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 11,000) | [2] |
Saturday, 10 September | Port Melbourne 19.15 (129) | def. | Preston 8.13 (61) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) | [3] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Saturday, 17 September | Preston 10.13 (73) | def. by | Williamstown 11.16 (82) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) | [4] |
1955 VFA Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 24 September | Port Melbourne | def. by | Williamstown | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 30,000) | [5] [6] |
7.3 (45) 8.6 (54) 12.8 (80) 13.10 (88) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.3 (9) 5.10 (40) 7.13 (55) 13.19 (97) |
Umpires: Jack Irving | ||
Bragg 4, Miller 3, Walsh 2, Bonnett, McBroom, Shannon, Stone | Goals | Linton 6, Smith 2, Callahan, Fisher, Gear, McPherson, Simpson | |||
Storey (broken ankle), Tucker (cut eyebrow) | Injuries | Linton (head cuts) | |||