1954 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1954 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round one of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Bernie Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Fitzroy (7.16.58) were defeated by Geelong (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 April 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 7.16.58 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 5 6 . 10 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Geelong 6 . 5 11 . 10 16 . 15 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin GEEL by 33 GEEL by 59 GEEL by 65 GEEL by 72 GEEL by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Morgan, Ron ? ? 2 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Wanhope, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Cameron, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 3 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 3 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 1 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 4 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 16

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