1954 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1954 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Footscray (13.9.87) defeated Fitzroy (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.9.87 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 4 4 . 5 12 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 5 . 9 5 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin FOOT by 14 FITZ by 10 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 5 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 3 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
36 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 2 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 2 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

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