1954 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1954 between Geelong and Melbourne during round eight of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (11.5.71) were defeated by Melbourne (10.20.80).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.5.71 - 10.20.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 0 5 . 1 9 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 11 8 . 14 10 . 20 10 . 20 (80)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 22 MELB by 4 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 3 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 5

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 20

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