1954 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1954 between Geelong and Footscray during round nine of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (9.13.67) defeated Footscray (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Monday 14 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 33,400

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 9.13.67 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 2 . 6 6 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Footscray 1 . 3 5 . 8 6 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin GEEL by 8 FOOT by 20 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 2 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 4 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 2 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Collins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 McPhee, Peter ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 3 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 15

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