1955 VFA season

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1955 VFA premiership season
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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.

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Premiership

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.

Ladder

1955 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Port Melbourne 20172120611442142.970
2 Preston 20173017671235143.168
3 Williamstown (P)20164017891261141.964
4 Moorabbin 20146017621348130.756
5 Brunswick 20118116901407120.646
6 Coburg 20119017451523114.644
7 Box Hill 20101001461155993.740
8 Prahran 2091101547166393.036
9 Yarraville 2091101429162388.036
10 Sandringham 2081201560188882.632
11 Northcote 2061401245154780.524
12 Oakleigh 2051501375166882.420
13 Camberwell 2051501328173676.520
14 Brighton 2011901040190554.64
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semifinals
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
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
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, StoneGoals Linton 6, Smith 2, Callahan, Fisher, Gear, McPherson, Simpson
Storey (broken ankle), Tucker (cut eyebrow)InjuriesLinton (head cuts)

Awards

Notable events

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References

  1. ↑ Jack Dunn (29 August 1955). "Poor displays by two of V.F.A. "4"". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Jack Dunn (5 September 1955). "Finishing burst wins VFA semi for Williamstown". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 33.
  3. ↑ Jack Dunn (12 September 1955). "Port crushes Preston in 68-point semi-final rout". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 32.
  4. ↑ Jack Dunn (19 September 1955). "Williamstown rattled, but hold Preston in torrid final". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Jack Dunn (26 September 1955). "Williamstown grips chance as Port tires". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 35.
  6. ↑ "'Town tactics overcome long lead by Port". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. 26 September 1955. p. 35.
  7. ↑ "Association details". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 29 August 1955. p. 16.
  8. ↑ John Devaney. "Alby Linton – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Moroney wins V.F.A. best, fairest award". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. 1 September 1955. p. 40.
  10. ↑ "Oakleigh attacked too late". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 26 September 1955. p. 17.
  11. ↑ Jack Dunn (17 July 1953). "Third VFA team to play as amateurs". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 28.
  12. ↑ "Northcote players to run again as amateurs". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. 1 April 1955. p. 32.
  13. ↑ Ken Moses (7 February 1955). "Soccer loses the fight". The Argus (supplement). Melbourne, VIC. p. 6.
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