1954 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1954 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Geoff Collins captained the hosts. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Les Foote.

Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated St Kilda (5.10.40).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 21 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,709

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 14.13.97 - 5.10.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 5 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
St Kilda 1 . 1 3 . 6 4 . 10 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 22 MELB by 31 MELB by 57 MELB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Geoff Collins
Coach: Norm Smith

St Kilda

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Les Foote

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Collins, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 2 ?
18 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 3 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 0 ?
6 Callow, Allan ? ? 0 ?
38 Cooper, Peter ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 Giblett, Michael ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Jones, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Minihan, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
22 Myers, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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