1954 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1954 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Geelong (10.8.68) defeated Fitzroy (6.6.42).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 10 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.8.68 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 2 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Fitzroy 1 . 0 4 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin GEEL by 7 FITZ by 10 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
30 Bow, Glen ? ? 1 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 5 ?
36 Hawking, Howard ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 2 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 8

Fitzroy

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

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