1954 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1954 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Essendon (22.13.145) defeated Fitzroy (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 May 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 22.13.145 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 10 . 11 16 . 13 22 . 13 22 . 13 (145)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 7 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 78 ESSE by 91 ESSE by 91
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 14 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
17 Gnaden, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 McColl, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 22 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
36 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 2 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
25 Harding, John ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 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