1954 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1954 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Williamstown were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1954 VFA Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 144

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park Jim Cleary
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Ted Jarrard
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval
Northcote Northcote Park Bill Faul
Oakleigh Warrawee Park George Smeaton
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Don Fraser
Prahran Toorak Park Paddy Walsh
Preston Preston City Oval Bert Deacon
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Tommy Lahiff
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval Gordon Ogden

Season Results

Premiers: Williamstown
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 17 -0- 3 68 150.6% 2,047 1,359 289 313 192 207
Williamstown 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 155.4% 1,783 1,147 250 283 157 205
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 137.0% 1,700 1,241 240 260 173 203
Northcote 4th 13 -1- 6 54 115.7% 1,463 1,265 203 245 174 221
Preston 5th 13 -0- 7 52 116.3% 1,659 1,426 237 237 196 250
Coburg 6th 12 -1- 7 50 111.1% 1,510 1,359 211 244 188 231
Prahran 7th 10 -0- 10 40 105.0% 1,771 1,686 251 265 242 234
Box Hill 8th 9 -0- 11 36 108.4% 1,582 1,459 229 208 202 247
Oakleigh 9th 8 -2- 10 36 104.7% 1,756 1,677 249 262 239 243
Brunswick 10th 9 -0- 11 36 99.5% 1,413 1,420 193 255 199 226
Yarraville 11th 9 -0- 11 36 92.4% 1,460 1,580 205 230 223 242
Brighton 12th 5 -1- 14 22 75.7% 1,279 1,689 175 229 234 285
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 18 8 68.5% 1,425 2,079 200 225 299 285
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 19 4 41.4% 1,034 2,495 146 158 360 335

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Williamstown 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Northcote 3rd Defeated by Williamstown (Preliminary Final)
Moorabbin 4th Defeated by Northcote (Semi Final)
Preston 5th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 6th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 7th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 8th Did not qualify for finals
Oakleigh 9th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 10th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 11th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 12th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 13th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 14th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 101 - 74
SAT 17/04/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 90 - 90
SAT 17/04/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 100 - 122
MON 19/04/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 51 - 82
MON 19/04/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 76 - 62
MON 19/04/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 51 - 104
MON 19/04/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 72 - 52

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 203.9% 104 51
Brunswick 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 160.8% 82 51
Williamstown 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 138.5% 72 52
Box Hill 4th 1 -0- 0 4 136.5% 101 74
Northcote 5th 1 -0- 0 4 122.6% 76 62
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 122.0% 122 100
Moorabbin 7th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 90 90
Oakleigh 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 90 90
Prahran 9th 0 -0- 1 0 82.0% 100 122
Preston 10th 0 -0- 1 0 81.6% 62 76
Camberwell 11th 0 -0- 1 0 73.3% 74 101
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 1 0 72.2% 52 72
Coburg 13th 0 -0- 1 0 62.2% 51 82
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 1 0 49.0% 51 104

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 170 - 49
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 84 - 73
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 89 - 64
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 63 - 111
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 102 - 56
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 74 - 64
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Moorabbin Yarraville Oval 103 - 48

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 2 -0- 0 8 220.3% 271 123
Williamstown 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 159.1% 183 115
Brighton 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 151.6% 188 124
Brunswick 4th 2 -0- 0 8 148.7% 171 115
Port Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 0 8 143.6% 224 156
Yarraville 6th 1 -0- 1 4 129.2% 155 120
Preston 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.1% 136 140
Northcote 8th 1 -0- 1 4 92.7% 140 151
Oakleigh 9th 0 -1- 1 2 93.9% 154 164
Moorabbin 10th 0 -1- 1 2 71.5% 138 193
Prahran 11th 0 -0- 2 0 84.0% 173 206
Camberwell 12th 0 -0- 2 0 64.6% 137 212
Coburg 13th 0 -0- 2 0 58.2% 107 184
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 2 0 36.5% 100 274

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 73 - 63
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 66 - 134
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 84 - 65
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 58 - 79
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 93 - 75
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 42 - 105
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 98 - 25

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 3 -0- 0 12 200.7% 281 140
Brunswick 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 175.8% 276 157
Port Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 161.3% 358 222
Box Hill 4th 2 -0- 1 8 170.4% 334 196
Yarraville 5th 2 -0- 1 8 131.5% 234 178
Northcote 6th 2 -0- 1 8 103.7% 224 216
Brighton 7th 2 -0- 1 8 95.9% 213 222
Prahran 8th 1 -0- 2 4 94.7% 266 281
Preston 9th 1 -0- 2 4 90.6% 211 233
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 2 4 72.9% 180 247
Oakleigh 11th 0 -1- 2 2 87.2% 212 243
Moorabbin 12th 0 -1- 2 2 62.4% 204 327
Camberwell 13th 0 -0- 3 0 68.2% 202 296
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 3 0 37.5% 142 379

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 46 - 74
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 76 - 73
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 76 - 66
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Coburg Moorabbin Oval 65 - 55
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 112 - 79
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 84 - 80
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 66 - 99

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 156.1% 470 301
Brunswick 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 153.0% 352 230
Williamstown 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 161.2% 361 224
Northcote 4th 3 -0- 1 12 113.7% 298 262
Box Hill 5th 2 -0- 2 8 149.6% 407 272
Yarraville 6th 2 -0- 2 8 108.3% 300 277
Prahran 7th 2 -0- 2 8 105.2% 365 347
Preston 8th 2 -0- 2 8 94.2% 295 313
Brighton 9th 2 -0- 2 8 87.5% 259 296
Moorabbin 10th 1 -1- 2 6 70.4% 269 382
Camberwell 11th 1 -0- 3 4 76.8% 278 362
Coburg 12th 1 -0- 3 4 75.3% 235 312
Oakleigh 13th 0 -1- 3 2 82.0% 291 355
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 4 0 45.7% 208 455

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 124 - 53
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Preston Moorabbin Oval 73 - 56
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Box Hill Northcote Park 74 - 56
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 121 - 67
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 136 - 68
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 106 - 54
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 69 - 38

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 164.2% 606 369
Williamstown 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 164.1% 430 262
Brunswick 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 130.4% 390 299
Northcote 4th 4 -0- 1 16 117.0% 372 318
Prahran 5th 3 -0- 2 12 117.5% 471 401
Moorabbin 6th 2 -1- 2 10 78.1% 342 438
Box Hill 7th 2 -0- 3 8 133.8% 463 346
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 3 8 98.4% 359 365
Preston 9th 2 -0- 3 8 90.9% 351 386
Yarraville 10th 2 -0- 3 8 89.1% 368 413
Brighton 11th 2 -0- 3 8 78.2% 326 417
Oakleigh 12th 1 -1- 3 6 97.6% 412 422
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 4 4 70.9% 332 468
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 5 0 45.1% 261 579

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 68 - 59
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Moorabbin Elsternwick Park 60 - 145
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 89 - 112
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 122 - 153
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 97 - 93
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 91 - 146
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 63 - 82

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 1 20 150.0% 699 466
Northcote 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 126.7% 518 409
Williamstown 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 148.2% 489 330
Prahran 4th 4 -0- 2 16 119.0% 583 490
Brunswick 5th 4 -0- 2 16 116.5% 479 411
Moorabbin 6th 3 -1- 2 14 97.8% 487 498
Box Hill 7th 3 -0- 3 12 131.1% 531 405
Coburg 8th 3 -0- 3 12 103.0% 441 428
Preston 9th 3 -0- 3 12 93.5% 448 479
Oakleigh 10th 2 -1- 3 10 103.9% 565 544
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 4 8 87.1% 431 495
Brighton 12th 2 -0- 4 8 68.7% 386 562
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 5 4 73.1% 454 621
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 6 0 48.6% 352 725

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 94 - 71
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Camberwell Moorabbin Oval 148 - 81
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 87 - 75
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 109 - 43
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Box Hill Toorak Park 124 - 108
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 166 - 32
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 93 - 115

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 1 24 158.7% 808 509
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 180.9% 655 362
Prahran 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 118.2% 707 598
Northcote 4th 5 -0- 2 20 117.1% 589 503
Moorabbin 5th 4 -1- 2 18 109.7% 635 579
Brunswick 6th 4 -0- 3 16 111.2% 554 498
Coburg 7th 4 -0- 3 16 107.2% 535 499
Preston 8th 4 -0- 3 16 98.4% 563 572
Oakleigh 9th 3 -1- 3 14 105.3% 652 619
Box Hill 10th 3 -0- 4 12 120.8% 639 529
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 5 8 85.9% 524 610
Brighton 12th 2 -0- 5 8 63.9% 429 671
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 6 4 69.6% 535 769
Sandringham 14th 0 -0- 7 0 43.1% 384 891

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Oakleigh Box Hill City Oval 59 - 82
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 47 - 61
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 42 - 66
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 85 - 131
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 70 - 65
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 71 - 56
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 110 - 102

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 158.1% 939 594
Northcote 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 116.0% 659 568
Moorabbin 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 112.9% 701 621
Williamstown 4th 5 -0- 3 20 166.7% 720 432
Prahran 5th 5 -0- 3 20 114.3% 809 708
Preston 6th 5 -0- 3 20 101.0% 634 628
Oakleigh 7th 4 -1- 3 18 108.3% 734 678
Brunswick 8th 4 -0- 4 16 105.7% 596 564
Coburg 9th 4 -0- 4 16 103.7% 591 570
Box Hill 10th 3 -0- 5 12 114.2% 698 611
Yarraville 11th 3 -0- 5 12 89.0% 585 657
Brighton 12th 2 -0- 6 8 65.0% 476 732
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 7 4 68.9% 620 900
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 7 4 49.7% 494 993

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 63 - 85
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Moorabbin Oval 39 - 28
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 141 - 52
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 54 - 33
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 60 - 73
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 100 - 104
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 86 - 81

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 1 32 158.4% 993 627
Northcote 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 116.6% 732 628
Moorabbin 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 114.0% 740 649
Williamstown 4th 6 -0- 3 24 162.6% 805 495
Oakleigh 5th 5 -1- 3 22 119.9% 875 730
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 4 20 111.3% 869 781
Preston 7th 5 -0- 4 20 100.3% 734 732
Brunswick 8th 4 -0- 5 16 101.8% 629 618
Coburg 9th 4 -0- 5 16 99.8% 654 655
Yarraville 10th 4 -0- 5 16 90.9% 671 738
Box Hill 11th 3 -0- 6 12 111.7% 726 650
Brighton 12th 3 -0- 6 12 69.7% 580 832
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 8 4 71.1% 701 986
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 8 4 48.1% 546 1,134

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 51 - 67
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 78 - 78
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 42 - 47
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 46 - 124
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Northcote Park 57 - 57
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 28 - 76
SAT 19/06/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 73 - 49

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 1 36 156.3% 1,060 678
Moorabbin 2nd 7 -1- 2 30 120.5% 816 677
Northcote 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 115.2% 789 685
Williamstown 4th 7 -0- 3 28 161.4% 878 544
Oakleigh 5th 5 -2- 3 24 118.4% 932 787
Preston 6th 6 -0- 4 24 110.3% 858 778
Prahran 7th 5 -0- 5 20 107.5% 918 854
Yarraville 8th 5 -0- 5 20 92.1% 718 780
Coburg 9th 4 -1- 5 18 99.9% 732 733
Brunswick 10th 4 -0- 6 16 100.9% 671 665
Brighton 11th 3 -1- 6 14 72.3% 658 910
Box Hill 12th 3 -0- 7 12 108.4% 777 717
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 9 4 67.3% 747 1,110
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 9 4 47.4% 574 1,210

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 58 - 48
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 87 - 82
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Northcote Moorabbin Oval 59 - 44
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 83 - 111
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 147 - 29
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 52 - 44
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 104 - 89

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 170.7% 1,207 707
Moorabbin 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 121.4% 875 721
Williamstown 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 157.7% 989 627
Northcote 4th 7 -1- 3 30 112.0% 833 744
Preston 5th 7 -0- 4 28 110.7% 910 822
Oakleigh 6th 5 -2- 4 24 113.0% 1,015 898
Yarraville 7th 6 -0- 5 24 94.6% 822 869
Coburg 8th 5 -1- 5 22 100.5% 819 815
Prahran 9th 5 -0- 6 20 106.3% 1,000 941
Brighton 10th 4 -1- 6 18 74.7% 716 958
Brunswick 11th 4 -0- 7 16 99.7% 715 717
Box Hill 12th 3 -0- 8 12 105.5% 866 821
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 10 4 68.1% 795 1,168
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 10 4 44.4% 603 1,357

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 88 - 83
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 67 - 31
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 50 - 69
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 58 - 90
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 112 - 143
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 91 - 108
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 74 - 69

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 1 44 169.5% 1,297 765
Williamstown 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 152.7% 1,063 696
Moorabbin 3rd 8 -1- 3 34 118.7% 944 795
Northcote 4th 7 -1- 4 30 106.8% 891 834
Oakleigh 5th 6 -2- 4 28 114.7% 1,158 1,010
Preston 6th 7 -0- 5 28 109.1% 993 910
Yarraville 7th 7 -0- 5 28 96.9% 930 960
Coburg 8th 6 -1- 5 26 102.7% 888 865
Brunswick 9th 5 -0- 7 20 104.5% 782 748
Prahran 10th 5 -0- 7 20 102.6% 1,112 1,084
Brighton 11th 4 -1- 7 18 72.9% 747 1,025
Box Hill 12th 4 -0- 8 16 105.5% 954 904
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 11 4 68.3% 845 1,237
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 11 4 47.4% 694 1,465

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 76 - 100
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 93 - 100
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 70 - 57
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Prahran Moorabbin Oval 69 - 63
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 71 - 91
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 130 - 10
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 90 - 53

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 2 44 159.8% 1,368 856
Williamstown 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 150.5% 1,154 767
Moorabbin 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 118.1% 1,013 858
Preston 4th 8 -0- 5 32 122.1% 1,123 920
Yarraville 5th 8 -0- 5 32 100.7% 1,020 1,013
Coburg 6th 7 -1- 5 30 103.9% 958 922
Northcote 7th 7 -1- 5 30 102.2% 944 924
Oakleigh 8th 6 -2- 5 28 112.5% 1,215 1,080
Brunswick 9th 6 -0- 7 24 104.9% 882 841
Box Hill 10th 5 -0- 8 20 107.6% 1,054 980
Prahran 11th 5 -0- 8 20 101.9% 1,175 1,153
Brighton 12th 4 -1- 8 18 73.2% 823 1,125
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 12 4 70.2% 938 1,337
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 12 4 44.1% 704 1,595

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 64 - 54
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 60 - 110
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 88 - 49
SAT 24/07/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 55 - 70
SAT 24/07/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Moorabbin Coburg City Oval 55 - 44
SAT 24/07/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Northcote Park 81 - 38
SAT 24/07/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 59 - 88

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 2 48 159.1% 1,456 915
Williamstown 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 152.2% 1,242 816
Moorabbin 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 115.8% 1,057 913
Northcote 4th 8 -1- 5 34 106.5% 1,025 962
Coburg 5th 8 -1- 5 34 104.9% 1,013 966
Preston 6th 8 -0- 6 32 116.3% 1,172 1,008
Yarraville 7th 8 -0- 6 32 99.7% 1,074 1,077
Oakleigh 8th 6 -2- 6 28 109.1% 1,274 1,168
Brunswick 9th 7 -0- 7 28 106.3% 952 896
Prahran 10th 6 -0- 8 24 102.7% 1,239 1,207
Box Hill 11th 5 -0- 9 20 105.6% 1,109 1,050
Brighton 12th 4 -1- 9 18 71.4% 861 1,206
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 12 8 75.0% 1,048 1,397
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 13 4 44.8% 764 1,705

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 76 - 77
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 65 - 70
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 96 - 50
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Northcote Camberwell Sportsground 52 - 71
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Moorabbin North Port Oval 56 - 54
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 80 - 48
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 68 - 79

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 2 52 156.0% 1,512 969
Williamstown 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 148.9% 1,312 881
Moorabbin 3rd 9 -1- 5 38 114.7% 1,111 969
Northcote 4th 9 -1- 5 38 108.1% 1,096 1,014
Coburg 5th 9 -1- 5 38 104.6% 1,090 1,042
Preston 6th 9 -0- 6 36 118.6% 1,252 1,056
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 7 32 110.8% 1,048 946
Oakleigh 8th 7 -2- 6 32 109.5% 1,353 1,236
Yarraville 9th 8 -0- 7 32 98.8% 1,142 1,156
Prahran 10th 6 -0- 9 24 100.0% 1,287 1,287
Box Hill 11th 5 -0- 10 20 105.1% 1,185 1,127
Brighton 12th 4 -1- 10 18 72.6% 926 1,276
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 13 8 74.9% 1,100 1,468
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 14 4 45.2% 814 1,801

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 106 - 54
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Moorabbin Oval 108 - 39
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 80 - 61
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 58 - 89
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 84 - 55
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 47 - 93
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 108 - 42

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 13 -0- 3 52 153.8% 1,420 923
Port Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 145.7% 1,566 1,075
Moorabbin 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 120.9% 1,219 1,008
Northcote 4th 10 -1- 5 42 109.4% 1,176 1,075
Coburg 5th 10 -1- 5 42 109.1% 1,196 1,096
Preston 6th 10 -0- 6 40 120.4% 1,341 1,114
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 8 32 108.1% 1,109 1,026
Oakleigh 8th 7 -2- 7 32 106.5% 1,411 1,325
Yarraville 9th 8 -0- 8 32 93.4% 1,181 1,264
Prahran 10th 7 -0- 9 28 102.2% 1,371 1,342
Box Hill 11th 6 -0- 10 24 108.9% 1,278 1,174
Brighton 12th 4 -1- 11 18 72.1% 981 1,360
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 14 8 72.5% 1,142 1,576
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 15 4 45.5% 861 1,894

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Northcote Box Hill City Oval 42 - 54
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 100 - 56
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 76 - 91
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 77 - 110
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Moorabbin Preston City Oval 75 - 60
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 62 - 115
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 86 - 110

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 14 -0- 3 56 151.3% 1,511 999
Port Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 144.4% 1,676 1,161
Coburg 3rd 11 -1- 5 46 113.2% 1,311 1,158
Northcote 4th 11 -1- 5 46 110.1% 1,230 1,117
Preston 5th 11 -0- 6 44 120.6% 1,416 1,174
Moorabbin 6th 10 -1- 6 42 118.1% 1,279 1,083
Brunswick 7th 8 -0- 9 32 106.1% 1,185 1,117
Prahran 8th 8 -0- 9 32 104.4% 1,481 1,419
Oakleigh 9th 7 -2- 8 32 102.9% 1,467 1,425
Yarraville 10th 8 -0- 9 32 92.2% 1,267 1,374
Box Hill 11th 6 -0- 11 24 107.5% 1,320 1,228
Brighton 12th 5 -1- 11 22 76.3% 1,081 1,416
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 15 8 72.3% 1,219 1,686
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 16 4 45.9% 923 2,009

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 57 - 37
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brighton Moorabbin Oval 94 - 47
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 127 - 43
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 109 - 66
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 125 - 54
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 111 - 86
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill WCG 61 - 65

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 148.2% 1,801 1,215
Williamstown 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 147.7% 1,572 1,064
Northcote 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 117.0% 1,357 1,160
Coburg 4th 12 -1- 5 50 114.5% 1,368 1,195
Moorabbin 5th 11 -1- 6 46 121.5% 1,373 1,130
Preston 6th 11 -0- 7 44 113.2% 1,470 1,299
Prahran 7th 9 -0- 9 36 105.8% 1,592 1,505
Oakleigh 8th 8 -2- 8 36 105.7% 1,576 1,491
Brunswick 9th 8 -0- 10 32 103.5% 1,271 1,228
Yarraville 10th 8 -0- 10 32 91.1% 1,304 1,431
Box Hill 11th 7 -0- 11 28 107.4% 1,385 1,289
Brighton 12th 5 -1- 12 22 74.7% 1,128 1,510
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 16 8 71.6% 1,285 1,795
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 17 4 45.2% 966 2,136

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Box Hill v Prahran Box Hill City Oval 94 - 72
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 81 - 91
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 83 - 82
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Camberwell v Moorabbin Camberwell Sportsground 77 - 129
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 57 - 55
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 79 - 68
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 34 - 161

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 3 64 146.0% 1,892 1,296
Williamstown 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 157.8% 1,733 1,098
Northcote 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 116.4% 1,414 1,215
Moorabbin 4th 12 -1- 6 50 124.4% 1,502 1,207
Coburg 5th 12 -1- 6 50 113.7% 1,423 1,252
Preston 6th 12 -0- 7 48 113.3% 1,549 1,367
Oakleigh 7th 8 -2- 9 36 105.3% 1,658 1,574
Prahran 8th 9 -0- 10 36 104.1% 1,664 1,599
Brunswick 9th 9 -0- 10 36 103.4% 1,354 1,310
Box Hill 10th 8 -0- 11 32 108.7% 1,479 1,361
Yarraville 11th 8 -0- 11 32 90.9% 1,372 1,510
Brighton 12th 5 -1- 13 22 75.5% 1,209 1,601
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 17 8 70.8% 1,362 1,924
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 18 4 43.5% 1,000 2,297

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 59 - 110
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Moorabbin Oval 198 - 34
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 98 - 103
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 155 - 63
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 107 - 87
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 50 - 49
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brighton Yarraville Oval 88 - 70

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 17 -0- 3 68 150.6% 2,047 1,359
Williamstown 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 155.4% 1,783 1,147
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 137.0% 1,700 1,241
Northcote 4th 13 -1- 6 54 115.7% 1,463 1,265
Preston 5th 13 -0- 7 52 116.3% 1,659 1,426
Coburg 6th 12 -1- 7 50 111.1% 1,510 1,359
Prahran 7th 10 -0- 10 40 105.0% 1,771 1,686
Box Hill 8th 9 -0- 11 36 108.4% 1,582 1,459
Oakleigh 9th 8 -2- 10 36 104.7% 1,756 1,677
Brunswick 10th 9 -0- 11 36 99.5% 1,413 1,420
Yarraville 11th 9 -0- 11 36 92.4% 1,460 1,580
Brighton 12th 5 -1- 14 22 75.7% 1,279 1,689
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 18 8 68.5% 1,425 2,079
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 19 4 41.4% 1,034 2,495

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 17 -0- 3 68 150.6% 2,047 1,359 289 313 192 207
Williamstown 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 155.4% 1,783 1,147 250 283 157 205
Moorabbin 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 137.0% 1,700 1,241 240 260 173 203
Northcote 4th 13 -1- 6 54 115.7% 1,463 1,265 203 245 174 221
Preston 5th 13 -0- 7 52 116.3% 1,659 1,426 237 237 196 250
Coburg 6th 12 -1- 7 50 111.1% 1,510 1,359 211 244 188 231
Prahran 7th 10 -0- 10 40 105.0% 1,771 1,686 251 265 242 234
Box Hill 8th 9 -0- 11 36 108.4% 1,582 1,459 229 208 202 247
Oakleigh 9th 8 -2- 10 36 104.7% 1,756 1,677 249 262 239 243
Brunswick 10th 9 -0- 11 36 99.5% 1,413 1,420 193 255 199 226
Yarraville 11th 9 -0- 11 36 92.4% 1,460 1,580 205 230 223 242
Brighton 12th 5 -1- 14 22 75.7% 1,279 1,689 175 229 234 285
Camberwell 13th 2 -0- 18 8 68.5% 1,425 2,079 200 225 299 285
Sandringham 14th 1 -0- 19 4 41.4% 1,034 2,495 146 158 360 335

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1954 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Northcote Junction Oval 44 - 90 16,000
SAT 18/09/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown Junction Oval 54 - 42 18,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Port Melbourne 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Northcote 3rd
Moorabbin 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1954 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote Junction Oval 113 - 72 14,500

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Port Melbourne 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Northcote 3rd
Moorabbin 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1954 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown Junction Oval 54 - 86 30,000

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Port Melbourne 2nd
Northcote 3rd
Moorabbin 4th