1955 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1955 VFA 14 Williamstown 7 Port Melbourne 7 1954 1956 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. 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 main WDL Q 1955 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 PMB Port Melbourne NBU Preston WIL Williamstown MOO Moorabbin BRU Brunswick COB Coburg BOX Box Hill PRA Prahran YAR Yarraville SAN Sandringham NOR Northcote OAK Oakleigh CAM Camberwell BRI Brighton 17 2 1 2061 1442 17 3 0 1767 1235 16 4 0 1789 1261 P 14 6 0 1762 1348 11 8 1 1690 1407 11 9 0 1745 1523 10 10 0 1461 1559 9 11 0 1547 1663 9 11 0 1429 1623 8 12 0 1560 1888 6 14 0 1245 1547 5 15 0 1375 1668 5 15 0 1328 1736 1 19 0 1040 1905 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Sun News-Pictorial 29 August 1955 Poor displays by two of V.F.A. "4" 29 Melbourne, VIC Jack Dunn Finals Semifinals Saturday, 3 September Williamstown 12.12 (84) H Moorabbin 10.9 (69) St Kilda Cricket Ground 11,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 5 September 1955 Finishing burst wins VFA semi for Williamstown 33 Melbourne, VIC Jack Dunn Saturday, 10 September Port Melbourne 19.15 (129) H Preston 8.13 (61) St Kilda Cricket Ground 16,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 12 September 1955 Port crushes Preston in 68-point semi-final rout 32 Melbourne, VIC Jack Dunn Preliminary Final Saturday, 17 September Preston 10.13 (73) A Williamstown 11.16 (82) St Kilda Cricket Ground 16,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 19 September 1955 Williamstown rattled, but hold Preston in torrid final 31 Melbourne, VIC Jack Dunn 1955 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 24 September Port Melbourne 7.3 (45) 8.6 (54) 12.8 (80) 13.10 (88) Bragg 4, Miller 3, Walsh 2, Bonnett, McBroom, Shannon, Stone Storey (broken ankle), Tucker (cut eyebrow) A Williamstown 1.3 (9) 5.10 (40) 7.13 (55) 13.19 (97) Linton 6, Smith 2, Callahan, Fisher, Gear, McPherson, Simpson Linton (head cuts) St Kilda Cricket Ground 30,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 26 September 1955 Williamstown grips chance as Port tires 35 Melbourne, VIC Jack DunnThe Sun News-Pictorial 26 September 1955 'Town tactics overcome long lead by Port 35 Melbourne, VIC Jack Irving Awards The leading goalkicker for the home-and-home season was Jim Hewes (Coburg), who kicked 83 goals; the leading goalkicker after finals was Alby Linton (Williamstown), who was third behind Hewes and Peter Schofield (Moorabbin) with 73 goals in the home-and-home season, and kicked 84 goals overall.The Age Association details 29 August 1955 16 Melbourne, VIChttp://australianfootball.com/players/player/Alby%2BLinton/7559 Alby Linton – Player Bio Australian Football 5 September 2013 John Devaney The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Les Moroney (Moorabbin), who polled 37 votes. Lloyd Holyoak (Camberwell) was second with 35 votes, and Alby Linton (Williamstown) was third with 34 votes.The Sun News-Pictorial 1 September 1955 Moroney wins V.F.A. best, fairest award 40 Melbourne, VIC Williamstown won the seconds premiership. Williamstown 10.10 (70) defeated Oakleigh 9.9 (63) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 24 September.The Age Oakleigh attacked too late 26 September 1955 17 Melbourne, VIC Notable events As had been the case since 1953, the players of the Northcote Football Club played as amateurs, due to the club's financial difficulties.The Sun News-Pictorial Third VFA team to play as amateurs Jack Dunn 28 17 July 1953 Melbourne, VICThe Sun News-Pictorial Northcote players to run again as amateurs 32 1 April 1955 Melbourne, VIC Prior to the season, the Hakoah soccer club tendered an offer of £600 to the City of Camberwell for the use of the Camberwell Sports Ground on alternate weekends during the season, a move which would have left the Camberwell Football Club without a venue for its seconds team to use. The council eventually rejected the offer, deciding that in the long term the ground would be more profitable as a football venue than as a soccer venue.The Argus (supplement) Soccer loses the fight Ken Moses 7 February 1955 6 Melbourne, VIC See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL