1954 VFL Season Round 10: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1954 between St Kilda and Essendon during round ten of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (9.12.66) were defeated by Essendon (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 June 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 9.12.66 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 2 3 . 8 5 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Essendon 3 . 7 5 . 11 8 . 17 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin ESSE by 23 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Cole, Des ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Fountain, Ron ? ? 2 ?
36 Giblett, Michael ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
8 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 4 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Colliver, Barry ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 19

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