1954 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-1-13, P%: 73.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Don Furness, Bill Stephen (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Allan Ruthven (31)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Bill Stephen

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Ruthven

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 8 R07-R09, R12, R15-R18 12
Barrett, John #36 14 R05-R18 0
Bench, Arnie #24 16 R01-R12, R15-R18 0
Broderick, Neville #6 11 R01-R09, R13-R14 0
Carr, Reg #35 2 R17-R18 0
Chambers, Ken #26 2 R03-R04 1
Chapman, James #1 5 R11-R13, R15-R16 0
Coates, George #2 8 R01-R08 5
Darrigan, Kevin #28 9 R08-R16 1
Davey, Colin #11 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 0
Davies, Ray 1 R05 0
Furness, Don #30 12 R01-R03, R05-R08, R13-R16, R18 2
Gale, Alan #33 14 R01-R08, R13-R18 0
Gervasoni, Jack #4 15 R04-R18 20
Goodger, Eddie #15 13 R01, R03-R07, R11-R16, R18 0
Harding, John #25 6 R02, R04, R06-R07, R10, R17 1
Harvey, Ron #19 10 R09-R18 17
Johnstone, Norm #17 16 R02-R06, R08-R18 14
Knight, Graham #27 7 R01, R03-R05, R10-R12 5
MacGregor, Jack #14 11 R01-R02, R05-R11, R13-R14 3
Meehan, Tom #31 2 R01, R09 0
Morgan, Ron #21 8 R01-R06, R09-R10 8
Ongarello, Tony #5 18 R01-R18 5
Patterson, Jeff #25 7 R10-R14, R17-R18 6
Pert, Brian #3 4 R01-R04 1
Proudfoot, Gordon #20 4 R06, R10-R11, R16 0
Roberts, Bob #32 6 R04-R09 0
Ross, Ken #22 11 R01-R05, R07-R08, R15-R18 8
Ruthven, Allan #7 18 R01-R18 31
Smyth, Leo 7 R11, R13-R18 1
Stephen, Bill #8 12 R01-R04, R06-R09, R12, R14, R17-R18 0
Streader, Jack #18 7 R01-R02, R05-R07, R10, R12 3
Trickey, Ern #34 1 R17 1
Tucker, Eddie #32 4 R13, R15-R17 1
Vernon, Rod #9 7 R08-R14 5
Wanhope, Charlie #29 3 R01-R03 0
Webb, Keith #12 13 R01-R03, R09-R18 5
Williams, Vin #10 15 R01-R12, R14-R15, R18 0
Wright, Kevin #13 17 R02-R18 6

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Ruthven, Allan 18 4 -1- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1954 Round 1 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 72 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
24/04/1954 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 46 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
01/05/1954 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 30 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
08/05/1954 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 42 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
15/05/1954 Round 5 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
22/05/1954 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 42 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
29/05/1954 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 91 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
05/06/1954 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 13 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
12/06/1954 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 26 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
26/06/1954 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 2 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
03/07/1954 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 5 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
10/07/1954 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
24/07/1954 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 32 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
31/07/1954 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 13 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
07/08/1954 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 11 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
14/08/1954 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 23 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
21/08/1954 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 52 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
28/08/1954 Round 18 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 6 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven