1954 VFL Season Grand Final: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1954 between Footscray and Melbourne in the grand final of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (15.12.102) defeated Melbourne (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 September 1954
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 80,897

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 15.12.102 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 51 FOOT by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

A. Rees
E. White

Boundary Umpires

M. Henderson
W. Treloar

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus SUB ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter CHF ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave BPR ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack FF ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) BPL ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger HFFR ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur RU ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian FPL ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb FB ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John RO ? 1 ?
19 Martin, Alan HBFL ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron WR ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug WL ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don C ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey RU ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron HFFL ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) FPR ? 3 ?
3 Whitten, Ted CHB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank SUB ? 0 ?
6 Albiston, Ken FPL ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance FB ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron RU ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPR ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff HFFR ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken BPL ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel FF ? 1 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis RU ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian SUB ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob FPR ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph WR ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff CHF ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian WL ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel CHB ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken C ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie HFFL ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart RO ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don HBFL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 K. Christie 29 L. Arnold 30 J. Beckwith 11 A. Edwards 30 A. Abbey
6 C. Sutton (c) 2 J. Collins 34 B. Gilmore 32 H. Stevens 26 J. Nuttall
FORWARD 1 J. Kerr

HALF-BACK



25 D. Williams 35 N. McMahen 8 G. Collins (c)



7 R. Duffy 5 P. Box 17 R. Stockman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. McLean 38 K. Melville 34 R. Lane



33 R. McCarthy 9 D. Ross 28 D. Reynolds FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 R. Barassi 6 F. Adams
HALF-FORWARD 1 D. Cordner 9 B. Dixon
11 L. Mithen 17 G. McGivern 7 G. Case 12 S. Spencer

24 J. Gallagher 3 T. Whitten 19 A. Martin



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 K. Albiston 26 N. Clarke 18 B. Johnson



18 D. Bryden 25 H. Henderson 22 W. Donald (vc)



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith