1954 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1954 between Essendon and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Lou Richards captained the visitors with Neil Mann as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Essendon (10.11.71) defeated Collingwood (6.16.52).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 7 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 10.11.71 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 3 . 5 7 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Collingwood 3 . 5 3 . 9 3 . 10 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Margin COLL by 3 COLL by 4 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Collingwood

Captain: Lou Richards
Vice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
35 Clarke, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Finck, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 3 ?
19 Hickey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Hower, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 1 ?
2 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 0 ?
18 Parker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
21 Tarrant, Tom ? ? 0 ?
10 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Waites, Terry ? ? 0 ?
27 Weideman, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 16

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

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