1954 VFL Round 11: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1954 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 11 of the 1954 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. Ted Fletcher captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Hawthorn
Back: A. Hughes, L. Crane, I. Egerton
Half-back: N. Maginness, C. Philp, P. Kanis
Centre: N. Pearson, J. O'Mahoney, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward: G. Peck, W. Nash, P. O'Brien
Forward: K. Coghlan, C. Thompson, T. Fletcher (capt.)
Follower: J. Kennedy, A. Woodley, R. Simmonds
Sub.: T. Allsop, I. McCann

Fitzroy
A. Ruthven (capt.), J. Barrett, A. Bench, J. Chapman, K. Darrigan, C. Davey, J. Gervasoni, E. Goodger, R. Harvey, N. Johnstone, G. Knight, J. MacGregor, T. Ongarello, J. Patterson, G. Proudfoot, L. Smyth, R. Vernon, K. Webb, V. Williams, K. Wright

Hawthorn (11.15.81) defeated Fitzroy (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: K. Coghlan (4), W. Nash (4), C. Thompson (2), T. Fletcher
Fitzroy: R. Harvey (6), J. Gervasoni (2), K. Darrigan, N. Johnstone, A. Ruthven

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 8th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.15.81 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Fitzroy 1 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin HWTH by 11 FITZ by 5 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
Captains: Ted Fletcher (Hawthorn), Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom SUB↑ ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPL ? 4 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 0 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) FPR ? 1 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
18 Kanis, Peter HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm HBFL ? 0 ?
34 McCann, Ian SUB ? 0 ?
36 Nash, Wally CHF ? 4 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil HFFR ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham HFFL ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO↓ ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton FF ? 2 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RU ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

T. Allsop replaced R. Simmonds.

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
1 Chapman, James ? ? 0 ?
28 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 2 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 6 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
27 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
20 Proudfoot, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






10 J. Kennedy 4 T. Allsop
1 T. Fletcher (c) 20 C. Thompson 6 K. Coghlan 24 A. Woodley 34 I. McCann
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

HALF-BACK













15 P. O'Brien 36 W. Nash 25 G. Peck



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













18 P. Kanis 8 C. Philp 35 N. Maginness



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













32 I. Egerton 14 L. Crane 12 A. Hughes



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Allan Ruthven