1954 VFL Season Round 15: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1954 between St Kilda and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Bernie Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Les Foote and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

St Kilda (7.17.59) were defeated by Geelong (18.13.121).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 7.17.59 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 9 5 . 14 5 . 16 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Geelong 5 . 1 8 . 6 13 . 7 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 62 GEEL by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Giblett, Michael ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 1 ?
13 Hellmrich, Max ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
23 Milnes, Brian ? ? 2 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Sabbatucci, Vin ? ? 2 ?
34 Shields, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 4 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
36 Hawking, Howard ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 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) 18 13

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