Match Recap
Round 7·Sat, 28-May-1955 2:15 PM·Windy Hill·20,000 att.
Essendon
9.11 (65)
vs
Hawthorn
10.10 (70)
Hawthorn won by 5

Hawthorn defeated Essendon 70–65, by 5 points after a nailbiter. The match turned in the second quarter, when Hawthorn outscored Essendon 45–15.

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon3.3 (21)5.6 (36)5.9 (39)9.11 (65)9.11 (65)
Hawthorn0.1 (1)7.4 (46)8.7 (55)10.10 (70)10.10 (70)

Essendon — full stats

What do K, HB, I50, CP mean?
KKicks
HBHandballs
DDisposals (kicks + handballs)
MMarks
TTackles
GGoals
BBehinds
HOHit-outs (rucks tapping the ball from a bounce)
I50Inside-50s (ball moved into attacking zone)
CLClearances (first possession from a stoppage)
CPContested possessions
CGClangers (errors: bad kicks, turnovers, frees against)
BRBrownlow votes (3-2-1 best-on-ground, one match)
R50Rebound 50s (ball cleared from defensive zone)
TOG%Time on ground percentage

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PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Stan Booth1
#18 Reg Burgess
#20 Jim Carstairs
#1 Jack Clarke
#6 Doug Dench
#12 Morton Diston1
#24 Robert Fox3
#13 Fred Gallagher1
#23 Jack Harrington
#14 Jim Heenan
#7 Bill Hutchison1
#21 Jack Knowles
#30 Geoff Leek
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell1
#29 Ian Monks1
#16 Peter OSullivan
#34 Mal Pascoe
#28 Warren Prest
#9 Greg Sewell

Hawthorn — full stats

What do K, HB, I50, CP mean?
KKicks
HBHandballs
DDisposals (kicks + handballs)
MMarks
TTackles
GGoals
BBehinds
HOHit-outs (rucks tapping the ball from a bounce)
I50Inside-50s (ball moved into attacking zone)
CLClearances (first possession from a stoppage)
CPContested possessions
CGClangers (errors: bad kicks, turnovers, frees against)
BRBrownlow votes (3-2-1 best-on-ground, one match)
R50Rebound 50s (ball cleared from defensive zone)
TOG%Time on ground percentage

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PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#2 Graham Arthur2
#1 Brian Boland
#6 Kevin Coghlan2
#14 Len Crane
#32 Ian Egerton
#26 Don Gent
#33 Geoff Howells
#12 Alf Hughes
#9 Alan Jewell
#22 Brian Kann
#10 John Kennedy
#15 Phil OBrien1
#3 John OMahoney
#25 Graham Peck1
#23 John Peck1
#8 Clive Philp
#27 Roy Simmonds1
#20 Clayton Thompson1
#16 Lance Wilkinson
#24 Allan Woodley1