1954 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1954 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round twelve of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Ted Fletcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Essendon (13.16.94) defeated Hawthorn (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 10 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 13.16.94 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 8 9 . 14 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Hawthorn 3 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin HWTH by 3 HWTH by 14 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Hawthorn

Captain: Ted Fletcher
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 2 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 5 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Cash, Pat SUB↑ ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPR ? 1 ?
37 Considine, Frank RO ? 1 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
38 Fanning, Alan FPL ? 0 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) RU ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
18 Kanis, Peter WR↓ ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm HBFL ? 0 ?
36 Nash, Wally HFFL ? 1 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil HFFR ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John FF ? 3 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HBFR↓ ? 0 ?
20 Thompson, Clayton CHF ? 1 ?
21 White, Keith SUB↑ ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WL ? 1 ?
24 Woodley, Allan BPR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

K. White replaced P. Kanis during the first quarter.
P. Cash replaced R. Simmonds during the fourth quarter.

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

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 A. Hughes 14 L. Crane 24 A. Woodley













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



35 N. Maginness 8 C. Philp 27 R. Simmonds













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 18 P. Kanis









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 T. Fletcher (c) 5 P. Cash
HALF-FORWARD 10 J. Kennedy 21 K. White
36 W. Nash 20 C. Thompson 15 P. O'Brien 37 F. Considine











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



38 A. Fanning 23 J. Peck 6 K. Coghlan













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale