1954 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1954 between Essendon and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors with Wally Donald as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (7.17.59) were defeated by Footscray (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 36,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 7.17.59 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 3 . 8 3 . 12 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Footscray 3 . 5 5 . 8 10 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Vice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 3 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 6 ?
22 Donald, Wally (vc) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Ryan, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 12

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