1954 Preliminary Final: Geelong v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 18th, 1954
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,985
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin GEE by 8 GEE by 6 MEL by 11 MEL by 17 MEL by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Reg Hickey (Geelong), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Bernie Smith (Geelong), Geoff Collins (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): James Jamieson
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 3 ?
8 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 7

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

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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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