1954 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1954 between Geelong and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (16.14.110) defeated Essendon (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 July 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 28,158

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 16.14.110 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 7 . 9 10 . 13 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 3 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 1 ?
36 Hawking, Howard ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
35 O'Hara, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 4 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 14

Essendon

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