1954 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1954 between Geelong and Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 September 1954
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,985

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 6 MELB by 11 MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 2 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 3 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 7

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