Round 16, 1955 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 6 August 1955, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 27 | 56 | 79 | 119 |
| Essendon | 4 | 25 | 28 | 54 |
Crowd 49,352. Coaches: Norm Smith and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Allan Nash.
| Geoff McGivern | 17 | 0 |
| Brian Dixon | 9 | 0 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Ian McLean | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Christie | 4 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| Athol Webb | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Melville | 38 | 0 |
| Peter Marquis | 3 | 0 |
| Trevor Johnson | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Adams | 6 | 0 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 1 |
| Clyde Laidlaw | 16 | 1 |
| Ron Barassi | 31 | 2 |
| Robert McKenzie | 2 | 2 |
| Ian Ridley | 24 | 2 |
| Laurie Mithen | 11 | 3 |
| Bob Johnson | 18 | 5 |
| Keith Chapman | 36 | 0 |
| Don Carmichael | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Taylor | 15 | 0 |
| Peter OSullivan | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Carstairs | 20 | 0 |
| Reg Burgess | 18 | 0 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Harrington | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Dench | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Peucker | 27 | 1 |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 1 |
| Mal Pascoe | 34 | 1 |
| Robert Fox | 24 | 1 |
| John Gill | 3 | 1 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 2 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503