1954 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1954 between Essendon and Geelong during round three of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Bernie Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (15.10.100) were defeated by Geelong (16.20.116).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 15.10.100 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Geelong 2 . 6 10 . 13 12 . 17 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin ESSE by 14 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 9 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 10

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 1 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 4 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 2 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 20

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