1954 Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday, May 8th, 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,424
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.12.96 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 7 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Fitzroy 0 . 3 2 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MEL by 15 MEL by 31 MEL by 31 MEL by 42 MEL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
Captain(s): Geoff Collins (Melbourne), Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Geoff Robinson
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 3 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
39 Magee, Tom ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 5 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 14 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
26 Chambers, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
25 Harding, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 4 ?
21 Morgan, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 12

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

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
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Fitzroy Coach: Allan Ruthven

Score Timeline

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