The 1955 VFL Grand Final was an

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contested between the

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and

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

, held at the

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on 17 September 1955. It was the 58th annual

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of the

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, staged to determine the

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for the

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. 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.Australian Football League
The Game That Made Australia
retrieved 19 September 2010

Teams

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Statistics

Goalkickers

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References

AFL Tables: 1955 Grand Final
* ''The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004'' * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. {{Australian Football League VFL/AFL Grand Finals Vfl Grand Final, 1955 Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club September 1955 sports events in Australia