1954 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1954 between Footscray and St Kilda during round one of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Footscray (7.11.53) were defeated by St Kilda (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 17 April 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 7.11.53 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 3 . 6 4 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
St Kilda 2 . 3 4 . 3 8 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin STKL by 7 STKL by 3 STKL by 26 STKL by 11 STKL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Boundary Umpires

J. Geggie

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 3 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
14 Ellis, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
15 Thompson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Fountain, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
6 Jones, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 1 ?
8 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Myers, Bob ? ? 0 ?
9 Pearson, Ian ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
35 Thornton, Col ? ? 1 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

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