1954 VFL Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Footscray were the premiers, with Charlie Sutton as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1954 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Perce Bentley
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Allan Ruthven
Footscray Western Oval Charlie Sutton
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jack Hale
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Jock McCorkell
Richmond Punt Road Oval Alby Pannam
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Herbie Matthews
St Kilda Junction Oval Les Foote

Season Results

Premiers: Footscray
Runners-Up: Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Geelong

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 5 52 133.1% 1,630 1,225 233 232 167 223
Footscray 2nd 11 -1- 6 46 130.0% 1,423 1,095 201 217 149 201
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 99.6% 1,355 1,361 184 251 194 197
Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 7 44 121.4% 1,504 1,239 212 232 178 171
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 8 40 114.7% 1,503 1,310 210 243 184 206
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 107.8% 1,471 1,364 206 235 187 242
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 8 40 100.8% 1,312 1,301 180 232 181 215
Carlton 8th 8 -0- 10 32 99.4% 1,382 1,391 193 224 193 233
Hawthorn 9th 8 -0- 10 32 88.0% 1,177 1,337 167 175 185 227
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 12 24 81.6% 1,209 1,482 165 219 205 252
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 13 18 73.2% 1,174 1,604 162 202 229 230
St Kilda 12th 4 -1- 13 18 72.7% 1,149 1,580 158 201 219 266

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Footscray 1st Premiers
Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Geelong 3rd Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
North Melbourne 4th Defeated by Melbourne (Semi Final)
Richmond 5th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 6th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 7th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 8th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 9th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th 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 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 130 27,000
SAT 17/04/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 53 - 64 24,000
SAT 17/04/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 84 - 79 38,000
MON 19/04/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 61 - 95 23,000
MON 19/04/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 64 - 102 45,848
MON 19/04/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 101 - 92 24,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 224.1% 130 58
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 159.4% 102 64
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 155.7% 95 61
St Kilda 4th 1 -0- 0 4 120.8% 64 53
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 109.8% 101 92
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 106.3% 84 79
Carlton 7th 0 -0- 1 0 94.0% 79 84
Richmond 8th 0 -0- 1 0 91.1% 92 101
Footscray 9th 0 -0- 1 0 82.8% 53 64
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 64.2% 61 95
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 62.7% 64 102
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 1 0 44.6% 58 130

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 82 - 101 21,000
SAT 24/04/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 84 - 38 25,000
SAT 24/04/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 48 - 61 23,000
SAT 24/04/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 60 - 69 21,000
SAT 24/04/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 91 - 73 23,000
SAT 24/04/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 39 - 70 14,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 182.4% 186 102
South Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 114.2% 145 127
North Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 111.8% 170 152
Geelong 4th 1 -0- 1 4 149.6% 190 127
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 1 4 117.2% 143 122
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 105.2% 183 174
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.8% 131 134
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 89.7% 165 184
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 1 4 83.7% 103 123
Carlton 10th 0 -0- 2 0 87.0% 161 185
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 2 0 81.3% 126 155
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 2 0 44.9% 96 214

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 100 - 116 27,500
SAT 01/05/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 94 16,000
SAT 01/05/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 116 - 29 24,500
SAT 01/05/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 75 - 64 17,000
SAT 01/05/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 104 - 80 25,000
SAT 01/05/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 70 - 76 22,500

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 152.3% 262 172
North Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 122.2% 264 216
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 134.8% 306 227
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 1 8 113.0% 287 254
Hawthorn 5th 2 -0- 1 8 104.0% 206 198
South Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 71.6% 174 243
Footscray 7th 1 -0- 2 4 131.5% 242 184
Essendon 8th 1 -0- 2 4 102.1% 243 238
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 88.4% 229 259
St Kilda 10th 1 -0- 2 4 86.9% 173 199
Carlton 11th 0 -0- 3 0 83.4% 241 289
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 3 0 51.9% 160 308

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 123 - 134 22,000
SAT 08/05/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 77 - 64 37,000
SAT 08/05/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 95 - 53 18,000
SAT 08/05/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 96 - 54 17,424
SAT 08/05/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 76 - 73 16,000
SAT 08/05/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 81 - 76 23,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 0 16 143.6% 339 236
North Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 117.6% 340 289
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 143.2% 401 280
South Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 79.9% 255 319
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 2 8 122.5% 376 307
Richmond 6th 2 -0- 2 8 108.4% 363 335
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 103.8% 325 313
Hawthorn 8th 2 -0- 2 8 101.8% 279 274
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 3 4 97.5% 307 315
St Kilda 10th 1 -0- 3 4 76.9% 226 294
Carlton 11th 0 -0- 4 0 86.1% 364 423
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 4 0 53.0% 214 404

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 66 - 69 25,000
SAT 15/05/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 76 12,000
SAT 15/05/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 73 - 35 25,500
SAT 15/05/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 97 - 92 18,000
SAT 15/05/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 97 - 67 24,247
SAT 15/05/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 49 - 101 30,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 0 20 154.4% 440 285
North Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 103.6% 375 362
Footscray 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 131.3% 449 342
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 2 12 130.8% 493 377
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 111.1% 422 380
Hawthorn 6th 3 -0- 2 12 102.7% 376 366
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 2 12 72.4% 304 420
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.5% 430 432
St Kilda 9th 1 -1- 3 6 81.6% 302 370
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 4 4 97.1% 373 384
Carlton 11th 1 -0- 4 4 88.5% 433 489
Fitzroy 12th 0 -1- 4 2 60.4% 290 480

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 100 20,000
SAT 22/05/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 80 - 31 30,000
SAT 22/05/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 95 - 62 32,500
SAT 22/05/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 62 - 85 15,000
SAT 22/05/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 72 - 78 23,000
SAT 22/05/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 99 - 78 16,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 1 20 132.1% 502 380
Footscray 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 141.8% 529 373
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 133.9% 588 439
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 2 16 103.7% 454 438
North Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 97.8% 437 447
South Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 2 16 80.7% 389 482
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 104.4% 500 479
St Kilda 8th 2 -1- 3 10 89.5% 401 448
Richmond 9th 2 -0- 4 8 98.4% 502 510
Carlton 10th 2 -0- 4 8 97.4% 533 547
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 5 4 87.1% 404 464
Fitzroy 12th 0 -1- 5 2 60.0% 348 580

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 92 - 82 31,000
SAT 29/05/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 74 - 97 34,000
SAT 29/05/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 145 - 54 17,500
SAT 29/05/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 69 - 78 26,000
SAT 29/05/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 111 - 89 23,025
SAT 29/05/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 72 - 78 20,500

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 5 -0- 2 20 137.3% 607 442
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 120.8% 576 477
North Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 99.2% 515 519
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 3 16 126.2% 670 531
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 107.6% 611 568
Hawthorn 6th 4 -0- 3 16 101.4% 523 516
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 3 16 80.6% 478 593
Richmond 8th 3 -0- 4 12 102.6% 599 584
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 4 12 99.4% 625 629
St Kilda 10th 2 -1- 4 10 89.9% 473 526
Essendon 11th 2 -0- 5 8 106.0% 549 518
Fitzroy 12th 0 -1- 6 2 55.4% 402 725

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 81 - 72 40,000
SAT 05/06/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 98 - 75 23,000
SAT 05/06/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 87 - 74 21,000
SAT 05/06/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 71 - 80 17,000
SAT 05/06/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 115 - 66 17,000
SAT 05/06/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 49 - 58 22,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 6 -0- 2 24 134.5% 694 516
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 119.7% 657 549
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 108.1% 691 639
Hawthorn 4th 5 -0- 3 20 102.8% 581 565
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 3 20 95.6% 590 617
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 4 16 121.3% 741 611
Richmond 7th 4 -0- 4 16 109.8% 714 650
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 81.0% 527 651
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 5 12 109.1% 647 593
Carlton 10th 3 -0- 5 12 98.2% 697 710
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 5 10 84.1% 539 641
Fitzroy 12th 0 -1- 7 2 58.6% 476 812

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 53 - 79 19,000
SAT 12/06/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 91 - 72 30,000
SAT 12/06/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 30 - 96 21,500
MON 14/06/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 41 - 36 34,000
MON 14/06/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 67 - 63 33,400
MON 14/06/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 79 - 101 36,798

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 6 -0- 3 24 129.8% 757 583
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 113.9% 729 640
North Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 98.8% 681 689
Geelong 4th 5 -0- 4 20 119.9% 808 674
Richmond 5th 5 -0- 4 20 112.8% 793 703
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 104.1% 770 740
Hawthorn 7th 5 -0- 4 20 101.8% 617 606
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 4 20 91.5% 623 681
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 5 16 111.3% 748 672
Carlton 10th 4 -0- 5 16 98.9% 738 746
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 6 10 77.2% 569 737
Fitzroy 12th 0 -1- 8 2 59.4% 529 891

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 74 14,000
SAT 26/06/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 73 - 57 24,000
SAT 26/06/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 71 - 75 25,000
SAT 26/06/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 67 - 64 25,000
SAT 26/06/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 120 - 95 30,000
SAT 26/06/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 66 - 79 20,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 7 -0- 3 28 129.7% 830 640
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 113.1% 804 711
North Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 99.3% 748 753
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 4 24 114.4% 913 798
Geelong 5th 5 -0- 5 20 113.7% 903 794
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 5 20 112.1% 827 738
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 101.7% 827 813
Hawthorn 8th 5 -0- 5 20 101.0% 688 681
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 5 20 92.1% 697 757
Carlton 10th 4 -0- 6 16 98.6% 802 813
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 7 10 77.8% 635 816
Fitzroy 12th 1 -1- 8 6 62.7% 605 965

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 70 - 82 15,000
SAT 03/07/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 82 - 72 40,000
SAT 03/07/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 87 - 84 28,000
SAT 03/07/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 81 - 76 12,000
SAT 03/07/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 105 - 72 18,180
SAT 03/07/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 64 - 114 18,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 3 32 113.2% 886 783
Footscray 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 124.9% 902 722
North Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 95.6% 820 858
Geelong 4th 6 -0- 5 24 118.5% 1,017 858
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 5 24 112.7% 997 885
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 111.2% 914 822
Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 105.3% 932 885
Hawthorn 8th 6 -0- 5 24 101.6% 769 757
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 87.4% 761 871
Carlton 10th 4 -0- 7 16 97.4% 872 895
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 7 14 80.9% 717 886
Fitzroy 12th 1 -1- 9 6 65.1% 681 1,046

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 76 - 70 17,000
SAT 10/07/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 54 - 46 29,000
SAT 10/07/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 94 - 63 20,000
SAT 10/07/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 68 - 42 15,000
SAT 10/07/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 98 - 51 27,000
SAT 10/07/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 62 - 92 22,500

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 3 36 113.4% 940 829
Footscray 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 126.8% 994 784
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 120.6% 1,085 900
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 5 28 117.0% 1,095 936
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 5 28 113.9% 1,008 885
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 5 28 91.1% 871 956
Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 6 24 104.2% 978 939
Hawthorn 8th 6 -0- 6 24 97.8% 832 851
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 7 20 98.2% 948 965
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 7 20 87.8% 831 947
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 8 14 79.7% 779 978
Fitzroy 12th 1 -1- 10 6 64.9% 723 1,114

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 101 - 40 11,000
SAT 17/07/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 76 - 41 29,406
SAT 17/07/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 43 - 62 20,000
SAT 24/07/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 49 20,000
SAT 24/07/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 45 - 49 30,250
SAT 24/07/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 66 - 86 23,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 4 36 108.7% 989 910
Footscray 2nd 8 -0- 5 32 124.7% 1,039 833
Geelong 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 121.6% 1,147 943
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 5 32 116.6% 1,144 981
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 5 32 115.0% 1,094 951
Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 107.6% 1,054 980
Hawthorn 7th 7 -0- 6 28 104.7% 933 891
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 6 28 89.8% 914 1,018
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 8 20 95.0% 989 1,041
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 8 20 86.8% 897 1,033
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 9 14 75.9% 819 1,079
Fitzroy 12th 2 -1- 10 10 69.1% 804 1,163

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 65 - 46 25,863
SAT 31/07/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 85 - 57 16,500
SAT 31/07/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 110 - 76 28,158
SAT 31/07/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 110 - 33 26,708
SAT 31/07/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 67 - 54 11,000
SAT 31/07/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 41 - 78 19,500

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 4 40 111.1% 1,074 967
Footscray 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 127.8% 1,117 874
Geelong 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 123.4% 1,257 1,019
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 6 32 114.9% 1,164 1,013
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 6 32 113.8% 1,190 1,046
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 6 32 110.3% 1,170 1,061
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 6 32 91.5% 981 1,072
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 7 28 96.5% 966 1,001
Carlton 9th 6 -0- 8 24 97.0% 1,054 1,087
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 9 20 84.4% 938 1,111
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 10 14 75.3% 876 1,164
Fitzroy 12th 2 -1- 11 10 69.8% 858 1,230

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 71 - 52 23,000
SAT 07/08/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 59 - 48 10,000
SAT 07/08/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 43 - 60 22,000
SAT 07/08/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 59 - 82 7,000
SAT 07/08/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 87 - 52 12,000
SAT 07/08/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 59 - 121 12,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 10 -0- 5 40 127.8% 1,378 1,078
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 108.5% 1,126 1,038
Footscray 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 124.2% 1,160 934
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 6 36 116.3% 1,277 1,098
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 6 36 111.5% 1,241 1,113
North Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 6 36 94.0% 1,063 1,131
Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 7 32 113.1% 1,212 1,072
Carlton 8th 7 -0- 8 28 98.6% 1,114 1,130
Hawthorn 9th 7 -0- 8 28 94.6% 1,025 1,083
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 10 20 82.6% 990 1,198
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 11 14 72.8% 935 1,285
Fitzroy 12th 3 -1- 11 14 71.8% 917 1,278

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 76 - 80 29,744
SAT 14/08/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 88 - 90 18,556
SAT 14/08/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 90 - 48 16,870
SAT 14/08/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 68 - 68 22,000
SAT 14/08/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 78 - 94 24,000
SAT 14/08/1954 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 92 - 69 11,500

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 5 44 130.4% 1,468 1,126
Essendon 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 111.1% 1,321 1,189
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 107.6% 1,214 1,128
Footscray 4th 9 -1- 6 38 122.6% 1,228 1,002
North Melbourne 5th 9 -1- 6 38 94.3% 1,131 1,199
Richmond 6th 9 -0- 7 36 113.7% 1,355 1,192
Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 7 36 113.6% 1,306 1,150
Carlton 8th 7 -0- 9 28 98.3% 1,190 1,210
Hawthorn 9th 7 -0- 9 28 91.5% 1,073 1,173
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 10 24 84.0% 1,080 1,286
St Kilda 11th 4 -1- 11 18 75.8% 1,027 1,354
Fitzroy 12th 3 -1- 12 14 72.0% 986 1,370

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1954 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 143 - 91 12,100
SAT 21/08/1954 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 50 - 72 36,000
SAT 21/08/1954 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 59 - 78 36,000
SAT 21/08/1954 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 70 - 47 14,000
SAT 21/08/1954 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 97 - 40 16,709
SAT 21/08/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 80 - 95 15,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 5 48 131.0% 1,540 1,176
Footscray 2nd 10 -1- 6 42 123.1% 1,306 1,061
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -1- 6 42 95.9% 1,226 1,279
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 7 40 117.9% 1,403 1,190
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 7 40 108.9% 1,380 1,267
Collingwood 6th 10 -0- 7 40 105.3% 1,264 1,200
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 8 36 111.1% 1,402 1,262
Carlton 8th 8 -0- 9 32 102.5% 1,333 1,301
Hawthorn 9th 8 -0- 9 32 93.7% 1,143 1,220
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 11 24 84.0% 1,160 1,381
St Kilda 11th 4 -1- 12 18 73.5% 1,067 1,451
Fitzroy 12th 3 -1- 13 14 71.2% 1,077 1,513

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1954 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 91 20,000
SAT 28/08/1954 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 117 - 34 22,896
SAT 28/08/1954 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 90 - 49 23,119
SAT 28/08/1954 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 129 - 82 9,500
SAT 28/08/1954 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 101 - 48 25,000
SAT 28/08/1954 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 49 - 101 25,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 5 52 133.1% 1,630 1,225
Footscray 2nd 11 -1- 6 46 130.0% 1,423 1,095
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 99.6% 1,355 1,361
Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 7 44 121.4% 1,504 1,239
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 8 40 114.7% 1,503 1,310
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 107.8% 1,471 1,364
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 8 40 100.8% 1,312 1,301
Carlton 8th 8 -0- 10 32 99.4% 1,382 1,391
Hawthorn 9th 8 -0- 10 32 88.0% 1,177 1,337
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 12 24 81.6% 1,209 1,482
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 13 18 73.2% 1,174 1,604
St Kilda 12th 4 -1- 13 18 72.7% 1,149 1,580

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 5 52 133.1% 1,630 1,225 233 232 167 223
Footscray 2nd 11 -1- 6 46 130.0% 1,423 1,095 201 217 149 201
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 99.6% 1,355 1,361 184 251 194 197
Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 7 44 121.4% 1,504 1,239 212 232 178 171
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 8 40 114.7% 1,503 1,310 210 243 184 206
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 107.8% 1,471 1,364 206 235 187 242
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 8 40 100.8% 1,312 1,301 180 232 181 215
Carlton 8th 8 -0- 10 32 99.4% 1,382 1,391 193 224 193 233
Hawthorn 9th 8 -0- 10 32 88.0% 1,177 1,337 167 175 185 227
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 12 24 81.6% 1,209 1,482 165 219 205 252
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 13 18 73.2% 1,174 1,604 162 202 229 230
St Kilda 12th 4 -1- 13 18 72.7% 1,149 1,580 158 201 219 266

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1954 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 80 - 110 42,166
SAT 11/09/1954 2:30 PM Geelong v Footscray MCG 62 - 85 64,686

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Footscray 1st
Geelong 2nd
Melbourne 3rd
North Melbourne 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1954 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne MCG 50 - 67 51,985

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Footscray 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Geelong 3rd
North Melbourne 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1954 2:50 PM Footscray v Melbourne MCG 102 - 51 80,897

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Footscray 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Geelong 3rd
North Melbourne 4th