1954 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 4-1-13, P%: 72.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Ross (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jim Ross (34)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Les Foote

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Les Foote

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, Peter #27 12 R01-R12 17
Bland, Dave #19 9 R03, R05, R07-R09, R12-R13, R16-R17 7
Callow, Allan #6 13 R06-R18 1
Cole, Des #33 7 R04-R05, R08-R11, R14 0
Cooper, Peter #38 2 R17-R18 0
Cuffe, Jack #32 2 R02-R03 1
Cummins, Bruce 1 R18 0
Davidson, Irving #14 1 R15 0
Davies, Harold #12 14 R01-R02, R04-R09, R12-R14, R16-R18 10
Derrick, Ron #5 1 R12 0
Drinan, Keith #25 15 R01-R07, R10-R12, R14-R18 0
Foote, Les #1 18 R01-R18 2
Fountain, Ron #11 9 R01-R04, R08-R11, R13 6
Giblett, Michael #36 8 R10-R17 0
Gleeson, Brian #30 15 R01-R07, R09-R10, R13-R18 6
Greenshields, Allan #5 2 R05-R06 0
Hellmrich, Max #13 2 R05, R15 1
Hibbins, Geoff #24 1 R06 0
Houston, Ray #3 9 R08, R10-R14, R16-R18 0
Howell, Don #21 7 R04-R06, R09, R14-R16 0
Hurst, Arthur #15 3 R01-R03 1
Jones, Geoff #6 11 R01-R04, R10-R14, R16-R17 6
Linger, Bill #18 13 R01-R07, R13-R18 10
Linney, Neville #8 13 R01-R02, R05-R07, R10-R14, R16-R18 0
McDonald, Jack #2 16 R03-R18 17
McLennan, Bruce #31 16 R01-R15, R18 0
Milnes, Brian #23 9 R07-R09, R12-R17 2
Minihan, Graham #15 6 R10-R13, R17-R18 0
Mollar, Max #29 16 R02, R04-R18 0
Mulhall, Ken #4 12 R01-R11, R15 2
Myers, Bob #22 6 R01-R04, R16-R17 0
Pearson, Ian #9 3 R01, R07-R08 0
Phillips, Bruce #14 18 R01-R18 16
Roberts, Neil #10 14 R01-R02, R05, R08-R18 3
Ross, Jim #20 16 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R18 34
Sabbatucci, Vin #16 5 R06-R07, R15-R16, R18 9
Shields, Ron #34 4 R03-R04, R15, R18 0
Smith, Ivor #28 2 R08-R09 0
Squire, Alan #7 10 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11, R13 0
Thornton, Col #35 6 R01-R04, R08-R09 3
Watt, Bob #26 13 R01, R03-R07, R10-R15, R18 4

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)
Foote, Les 18 4 -1- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1954 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN STK by 11 Les Foote Les Foote
24/04/1954 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 31 Les Foote Les Foote
01/05/1954 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Les Foote Les Foote
08/05/1954 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 42 Les Foote Les Foote
15/05/1954 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Les Foote Les Foote
22/05/1954 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 21 Les Foote Les Foote
29/05/1954 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 6 Les Foote Les Foote
05/06/1954 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 49 Les Foote Les Foote
12/06/1954 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 66 Les Foote Les Foote
26/06/1954 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 13 Les Foote Les Foote
03/07/1954 Round 11 Carlton AWAY WIN STK by 12 Les Foote Les Foote
10/07/1954 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 30 Les Foote Les Foote
17/07/1954 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 61 Les Foote Les Foote
31/07/1954 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Les Foote Les Foote
07/08/1954 Round 15 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 62 Les Foote Les Foote
14/08/1954 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN STK by 23 Les Foote Les Foote
21/08/1954 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 57 Les Foote Les Foote
28/08/1954 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 47 Les Foote Les Foote