1954 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 121.4%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Denis Cordner (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Noel Clarke (41)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Denis Cordner

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Geoff Collins
Vice-Captain(s): Noel McMahen

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Frank #6 18 R01-R15, SF, PF, GF 20
Albiston, Ken #6 9 R08-R09, R12, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 15
Anderson, Dale #32 1 R01 1
Arnold, Lance #29 18 R01, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Barassi, Ron #31 14 R02-R03, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 12
Beckwith, John #30 17 R01, R03-R12, R14-R15, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Bull, Tony #29 6 R02, R04-R07, R11 2
Carroll, Keith #19 6 R04-R06, R10-R11, R17 0
Case, Geoff #7 14 R02-R07, R12-R13, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Christie, Ken #4 16 R01-R06, R08-R09, R13-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Clarke, Noel #26 20 R02-R18, SF, PF, GF 51
Collins, Geoff #8 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Cordner, Denis #1 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Dixon, Brian #9 8 R05, R13-R18, GF 2
Ferguson, John #22 4 R07-R09, R13 3
Gleeson, Terry #28 4 R01-R03, R10 1
Gloury, Leigh #23 3 R01-R03 0
Johnson, Bob #18 11 R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 23
Laidlaw, Clyde #16 8 R02-R04, R10-R13, PF 2
Lane, Ralph #34 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Magee, Tom #39 1 R04 1
Marquis, Peter #3 17 R01-R04, R06-R09, R11-R18, SF 2
McGivern, Geoff #17 16 R01, R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 11
McKenzie, Bob #2 19 R01-R18, SF 31
McLean, Ian #5 20 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
McMahen, Noel #35 19 R01-R12, R14-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Melville, Ken #38 20 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Mithen, Laurie #11 13 R01, R03, R05-R09, R14-R17, PF, GF 6
Ridley, Ian #24 2 R10, R13 1
Robinson, Keith #36 3 R01-R03 0
Spencer, Stuart #12 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 37
Williams, Don #25 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Wilson, Colin #33 8 R04-R10, R16 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Ken Christie Lance Arnold John Beckwith
Half-Back: Don Williams Noel McMahen Geoff Collins
Centre: Ian McLean Ken Melville Ralph Lane
Half-Forward: Laurie Mithen Geoff McGivern Geoff Case
Forward: Ken Albiston Noel Clarke Bob Johnson
Follower: Ron Barassi Denis Cordner Stuart Spencer
Interchange: Frank Adams Brian Dixon

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)
Smith, Norm 21 13 -0- 8 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1954 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 38 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
24/04/1954 Round 2 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 19 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
01/05/1954 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 11 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
08/05/1954 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 42 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
15/05/1954 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 30 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
22/05/1954 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 21 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
29/05/1954 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 22 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
05/06/1954 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
14/06/1954 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 22 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
26/06/1954 Round 10 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 16 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
03/07/1954 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 33 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
10/07/1954 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 8 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
17/07/1954 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 35 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
31/07/1954 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 77 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
07/08/1954 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 11 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
14/08/1954 Round 16 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 16 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
21/08/1954 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 57 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
28/08/1954 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 52 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
04/09/1954 Semi Final North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 30 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
18/09/1954 Preliminary Final Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 17 Norm Smith Geoff Collins
25/09/1954 Grand Final Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 51 Norm Smith Geoff Collins