1954 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1954 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round one of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Glenferrie Oval.
Ted Fletcher captained the hosts.
Bill Hutchison captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.
Hawthorn (8.13.61) were defeated by Essendon (14.11.95).
Match Details
Season:
1954 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
Essendon
Date:
Monday 19 April 1954
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Glenferrie Oval
Attendance:
23,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 13 | 8 | . | 13 | (61) |
| Essendon | 4 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 6 | 14 | . | 11 | 14 | . | 11 | (95) |
| Margin | ESSE by 1 | ESSE by 13 | ESSE by 9 | ESSE by 34 | ESSE by 34 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Ted FletcherCoach: Jack Hale
Essendon
Captain: Bill HutchisonCoach: Dick Reynolds
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Cash, Pat | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Coghlan, Kevin | FPL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 28 | Considine, Maurie | BPR↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Crane, Len | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Egerton, Ian | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Fletcher, Ted (c) | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Holyoak, Warren | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Hughes, Alf | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Kennedy, John | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Maginness, Norm | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | O'Brien, Phil | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Pearson, Neil | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Peck, Graham | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Simmonds, Roy | RO | ? | 3 | ? |
| 17 | Voigt, Noel | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | WR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 24 | Woodley, Allan | FPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 8 | 13 | |||
J. Peck replaced M. Considine during the fourth quarter.
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Bigelow, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Booth, Stan | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 12 | Bradley, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Carstairs, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Clarke, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Coleman, John | ? | ? | 10 | ? |
| 13 | Gallagher, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Gamble, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Harrington, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Hutchison, Bill (c) | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 24 | Jones, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Leek, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Mann, Lance | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | McConnell, Roy | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Mitchell, Hugh | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | O'Sullivan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Pascoe, Mal | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Sewell, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Thaw, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Towner, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 11 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Hawthorn | Coach: Jack Hale | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 | T. Fletcher (c) | 5 | P. Cash | ||||||
| 24 | A. Woodley | 17 | N. Voigt | 6 | K. Coghlan | 10 | J. Kennedy | 23 | J. Peck | ||||||
| FORWARD | 27 | R. Simmonds |
|
|
|||||||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 15 | P. O'Brien | 32 | I. Egerton | 25 | G. Peck |
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| CENTRE |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 16 | L. Wilkinson | 3 | J. O'Mahoney | 7 | N. Pearson | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 29 | W. Holyoak | 8 | C. Philp | 35 | N. Maginness |
|
|
|
|
||||||
| HALF-BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| FORWARD |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| 28 | M. Considine | 14 | L. Crane | 12 | A. Hughes |
|
|
|
|
||||||
| BACK |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Essendon | Coach: Dick Reynolds | ||||||||||||||