1954 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1954 between Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Geoff Collins captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (11.13.79) were defeated by Essendon (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Monday 14 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,798

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.13.79 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 10 9 . 15 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin MELB by 21 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 2 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 4 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 17

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