Grand final of the 1955 Victorian Football League season
1955 VFL Grand Final
Melbourne
Collingwood
8.16 (64)
5.6 (36)
1
2
3
4
MEL
2.3 (15)
3.10 (28)
4.13 (37)
8.16 (64)
COL
2.2 (14)
2.5 (17)
4.6 (30)
5.6 (36)
Date
17 September 1955
Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance
88,053
Umpires
Harry Beitzel
Accolades
Jock McHale Medallist
Norm Smith
← 1954
VFL Grand Final
1956 →
The 1955 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17 September 1955. It was the 58th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1955 VFL season. The match, attended by 88,053 spectators, was won by Melbourne by 28 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory.
A scene from the game is captured in Jamie Cooper's painting The Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.[1]
^Australian Football League, The Game That Made Australia, retrieved 19 September 2010
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