1954 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 11-1-6, P%: 130.0%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Harvey Stevens (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Collins (73)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ted Whitten

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Sutton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Angus #30 8 R11-R16, SF, GF 0
Box, Peter #5 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 17
Bryden, Dave #18 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Collins, Bob #23 6 R04-R05, R08-R09, R11, R13 0
Collins, Jack #2 17 R03-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 84
Donald, Wally #22 18 R01-R10, R13-R18, SF, GF 0
Duffy, Roger #7 19 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF, GF 15
Edwards, Arthur #11 18 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 7
Ellis, Lindsay #14 1 R01 0
Gallagher, Jim #24 18 R01-R12, R15-R18, SF, GF 0
Gelavis, Nick #6 4 R12-R14, R18 0
Gilmore, Brian #34 19 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 19
Harper, Roy #10 2 R01, R06 0
Henderson, Herb #25 19 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Jones, Tom #21 2 R01, R10 1
Kerr, John #1 15 R01-R03, R09-R18, SF, GF 20
Letcher, Ian #4 6 R03-R07, R12 0
Martin, Alan #19 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
McCarthy, Ron #33 18 R03-R18, SF, GF 3
McPhee, Peter #29 4 R09-R11, R13 0
McRae, Frank #16 1 R11 0
Nuttall, Jack #26 16 R02, R06-R18, SF, GF 0
Outen, Alby #27 2 R06, R08 0
Porta, Ron #21 1 R14 0
Reynolds, Doug #28 14 R04-R07, R10-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 2
Ross, Don #9 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 6
Ryan, Lionel #31 7 R13-R18, SF 1
Stevens, Harvey #32 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 26
Stockman, Ron #17 11 R01-R04, R08, R12, R16-R18, SF, GF 1
Sutton, Charlie #6 17 R01-R15, R17, GF 11
Thompson, Norm #15 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 0
Trusler, Alan #35 7 R02-R05, R07-R09 11
Warren, Allen #20 6 R01-R03, R07-R08, R12 1
White, Kevin #29 1 R02 0
Whitten, Ted #3 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Wally Donald Herb Henderson Dave Bryden
Half-Back: Alan Martin Ted Whitten Jim Gallagher
Centre: Doug Reynolds Don Ross Ron McCarthy
Half-Forward: Ron Stockman Peter Box Roger Duffy
Forward: Brian Gilmore Jack Collins Charlie Sutton
Follower: Arthur Edwards Harvey Stevens John Kerr
Interchange: Angus Abbey Jack Nuttall

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)
Sutton, Charlie 20 13 -1- 6 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1954 Round 1 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 11 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
24/04/1954 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 18 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
01/05/1954 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 87 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
08/05/1954 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 11 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
15/05/1954 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 38 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
22/05/1954 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 49 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
29/05/1954 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
05/06/1954 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 13 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
14/06/1954 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 4 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
26/06/1954 Round 10 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 16 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
03/07/1954 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 10 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
10/07/1954 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 30 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
24/07/1954 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 4 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
31/07/1954 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 37 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
07/08/1954 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 17 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
14/08/1954 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Charlie Sutton unknown
21/08/1954 Round 17 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 19 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
28/08/1954 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 83 Charlie Sutton unknown
11/09/1954 Semi Final Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 23 Charlie Sutton unknown
25/09/1954 Grand Final Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 51 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton