1954 Grand Final: Footscray v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 25th, 1954
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 80,897
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 15.12.102 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin FOO by 29 FOO by 23 FOO by 38 FOO by 51 FOO by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Charlie Sutton (Footscray), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Charlie Sutton (Footscray), Geoff Collins (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack McMurray
Goal Umpire(s): Alfred Rees, Edward White
Boundary Umpire(s): Malcolm Henderson, William Treloar
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus SUB ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter CHF ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave BPR ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack FF ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally BPL ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger HFFR ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur RU ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian FPL ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb FB ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John RO ? 1 ?
19 Martin, Alan HBFL ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron WR ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug WL ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don C ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey RU ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron HFFL ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie FPR ? 3 ?
3 Whitten, Ted CHB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 15 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank SUB ? 0 ?
6 Albiston, Ken FPL ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance FB ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron RU ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPR ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff HFFR ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken BPL ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel FF ? 1 ?
8 Collins, Geoff HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis RU ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian SUB ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob FPR ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph WR ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff CHF ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian WL ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel CHB ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken C ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie HFFL ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart RO ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 K. Christie 29 L. Arnold 30 J. Beckwith 11 A. Edwards 30 A. Abbey
6 C. Sutton (c) 2 J. Collins 34 B. Gilmore 32 H. Stevens 26 J. Nuttall
FORWARD 1 J. Kerr

HALF-BACK



25 D. Williams 35 N. McMahen 8 G. Collins (c)



7 R. Duffy 5 P. Box 17 R. Stockman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. McLean 38 K. Melville 34 R. Lane



33 R. McCarthy 9 D. Ross 28 D. Reynolds FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 R. Barassi 6 F. Adams
HALF-FORWARD 1 D. Cordner 9 B. Dixon
11 L. Mithen 17 G. McGivern 7 G. Case 12 S. Spencer

24 J. Gallagher 3 T. Whitten 19 A. Martin



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 K. Albiston 26 N. Clarke 18 B. Johnson



18 D. Bryden 25 H. Henderson 22 W. Donald



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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