1954 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1954 between Footscray and Melbourne during round ten of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain. Geoff Collins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (10.13.73) defeated Melbourne (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 10.13.73 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 7 . 10 7 . 12 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 McPhee, Peter ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 2 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

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