1954 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 114.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Roy Wright (29)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Branton (33)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Roy Wright

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Des Rowe

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Audas, Pat #34 4 R03-R06 0
Betson, Kevin #5 16 R01-R03, R05-R13, R15-R18 1
Boland, Brian #9 4 R05, R08, R15, R18 0
Bradley, Kevin #12 6 R06-R11 10
Branton, Ron #29 18 R01-R18 33
Cations, Allan #33 18 R01-R18 1
Cooke, Allan #7 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 6
Cox, Graham #37 3 R11-R13 3
Cox, Lance #25 2 R13-R14 0
Davie, Brian #35 13 R03-R07, R10, R12-R18 10
Deane, Jim #11 15 R01-R05, R09-R18 12
Dillon, Kevin #31 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 0
Dummett, Bob #17 7 R07-R09, R11-R14 7
Eade, Cliff #21 1 R04 0
Green, Bill #10 3 R03, R05-R06 0
Hafey, Tom #18 4 R06-R09 0
Hall, Reg #26 14 R02, R06-R18 4
Hart, Don #4 5 R01-R02, R10, R15-R16 2
McGown, Ken #12 1 R08 0
Morcom, Stan #22 4 R02, R04-R05, R07 2
Nix, John #1 13 R01, R07-R18 0
Oppy, Max #14 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 0
Patterson, Jeff #25 1 R04 0
Poulter, Ray #24 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 32
Ritchie, John #30 13 R01, R07-R18 0
Rowe, Des #15 16 R01-R06, R09-R18 1
Rowe, Havel #3 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 10
Ryan, Frank #8 9 R01-R04, R11, R15-R18 0
Sawatzky, Herb #24 4 R06-R09 0
Sharp, Laurie #6 8 R01-R06, R16-R17 4
Slater, Frank #16 8 R01-R06, R13-R14 0
Spring, Geoff #19 18 R01-R18 12
Walton, Jim #20 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 15
Wilson, Bill #32 16 R01-R10, R12, R14-R18 20
Wright, Roy #2 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 25

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)
Pannam, Alby 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1954 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
24/04/1954 Round 2 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 18 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
01/05/1954 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 24 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
08/05/1954 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 5 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
15/05/1954 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
22/05/1954 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 6 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
29/05/1954 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 23 Alby Pannam Max Oppy
05/06/1954 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 49 Alby Pannam Max Oppy
12/06/1954 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 26 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
26/06/1954 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 25 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
03/07/1954 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 3 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
10/07/1954 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 47 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
24/07/1954 Round 13 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 4 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
31/07/1954 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 19 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
07/08/1954 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 35 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
14/08/1954 Round 16 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 16 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
21/08/1954 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 23 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
28/08/1954 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 53 Alby Pannam Des Rowe