1954 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1954 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Geoff Collins captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Fitzroy (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,424

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.12.96 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 7 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Fitzroy 0 . 3 2 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 31 MELB by 31 MELB by 42 MELB by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 3 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
39 Magee, Tom ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 5 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
26 Chambers, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
25 Harding, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 4 ?
21 Morgan, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

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