1954 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1954 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round six of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (14.15.99) defeated Melbourne (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 3 6 . 9 8 . 12 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Melbourne 6 . 1 8 . 1 9 . 6 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin MELB by 34 MELB by 4 level STKL by 21 STKL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 3 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 1 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 2 ?
8 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
16 Sabbatucci, Vin ? ? 3 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 15

Melbourne

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

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