1954 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1954 between Footscray and Essendon during round six of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (12.8.80) defeated Essendon (4.7.31).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 12.8.80 - 4.7.31

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Essendon 1 . 1 2 . 3 3 . 4 4 . 7 4 . 7 (31)
Margin FOOT by 27 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 49 FOOT by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 2 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 4 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Thompson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 8

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 2 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 7

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