1954 VFL Round 2: St Kilda v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1954 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 1954 VFL season.
St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval.
Les Foote captained the hosts.
John Kennedy captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.
St Kilda
L. Foote (capt.), P. Bennett, J. Cuffe, H. Davies, K. Drinan, R. Fountain, B. Gleeson, A. Hurst, G. Jones, B. Linger, N. Linney, B. McLennan, M. Mollar, K. Mulhall, B. Myers, B. Phillips, N. Roberts, J. Ross, A. Squire, C. Thornton
Hawthorn
Back:
A. Hughes, L. Crane, I. Egerton
Half-back:
W. Holyoak, C. Philp, N. Maginness
Centre:
N. Pearson, J. O'Mahoney, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward:
G. Peck, P. Cash, P. O'Brien
Forward:
K. Coghlan, N. Voigt, J. Peck
Follower:
J. Kennedy (capt.), A. Woodley, R. Simmonds
Sub.:
M. Atkins, P. Kanis
St Kilda (5.9.39) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.10.70).
Goalkickers
St Kilda: H. Davies, B. Gleeson, G. Jones, B. Linger, K. Mulhall
Hawthorn: P. Cash (3), G. Peck (2), I. Egerton, J. Peck, C. Philp, R. Simmonds, A. Woodley
As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 9th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Hawthorn were then 7th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1954 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
St Kilda
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 24 April 1954
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Junction Oval
Attendance:
14,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| St Kilda | 0 | . | 0 | 4 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 7 | 5 | . | 9 | 5 | . | 9 | (39) |
| Hawthorn | 6 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 6 | 8 | . | 8 | 10 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 10 | (70) |
| Margin | HWTH by 40 | HWTH by 20 | HWTH by 19 | HWTH by 31 | HWTH by 31 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Les Foote
(St Kilda),
Jack Hale
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Les Foote
(St Kilda),
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
G. Robinson
Player Statistics
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 27 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Cuffe, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Davies, Harold | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | Drinan, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Foote, Les (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Fountain, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Gleeson, Brian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 15 | Hurst, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Jones, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 18 | Linger, Bill | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 8 | Linney, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | McLennan, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Mollar, Max | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Mulhall, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 22 | Myers, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Phillips, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Roberts, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Ross, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Squire, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Thornton, Col | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 9 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 19 | Atkins, Mack | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Cash, Pat | CHF | ? | 3 | ? |
| 6 | Coghlan, Kevin | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Crane, Len | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Egerton, Ian | BPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 29 | Holyoak, Warren | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Hughes, Alf | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Kanis, Peter | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Kennedy, John (c) | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Maginness, Norm | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | O'Brien, Phil | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Pearson, Neil | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Peck, Graham | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John | FPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | CHB | ? | 1 | ? |
| 27 | Simmonds, Roy | RO↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 17 | Voigt, Noel | FF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Woodley, Allan | RU | ? | 1 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 10 | 10 | |||
M. Atkins replaced R. Simmonds during the fourth quarter.
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
| St Kilda | Coach: Les Foote | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 | A. Hughes | 14 | L. Crane | 32 | I. Egerton |
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| 29 | W. Holyoak | 8 | C. Philp | 35 | N. Maginness |
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| 7 | N. Pearson | 3 | J. O'Mahoney | 16 | L. Wilkinson |
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| CENTRE | 10 | J. Kennedy (c) | 19 | M. Atkins | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 24 | A. Woodley | 18 | P. Kanis | |||||||||||
| 25 | G. Peck | 5 | P. Cash | 15 | P. O'Brien | 27 | R. Simmonds |
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| 6 | K. Coghlan | 17 | N. Voigt | 23 | J. Peck |
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