1954 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1954 between Geelong and St Kilda during round four of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Geelong (13.17.95) defeated St Kilda (8.5.53).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 13.17.95 - 8.5.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 5 . 6 7 . 11 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
St Kilda 2 . 2 4 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 42 GEEL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 5 ?
32 Gear, Maurie ? ? 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 ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
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) 13 17

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
33 Cole, Des ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 2 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Fountain, Ron ? ? 1 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Myers, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
34 Shields, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Thornton, Col ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 5

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