1954 VFL Season Round 17: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1954 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Ron Clegg captained the hosts. Gerald Marchesi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Herbie Matthews and the visitors were coached by Jock McCorkell.

South Melbourne (11.14.80) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
North Melbourne 3 . 3 10 . 3 12 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin SMLB by 13 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ron Clegg
Coach: Herbie Matthews

North Melbourne

Captain: Gerald Marchesi
Coach: Jock McCorkell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Atkinson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Browning, Keith ? ? 0 ?
39 Campbell, Neville ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron (c) ? ? 3 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Giles, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Keyter, Don ? ? 1 ?
6 Lane, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
35 Ledwidge, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Logan, Max ? ? 0 ?
18 McDonald, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
32 Nelson, Daryl ? ? 0 ?
6 Nolan, Bill ? ? 3 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 1 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 14

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 3 ?
20 Brady, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 2 ?
30 Easton, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Grambeau, Mick ? ? 0 ?
11 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Larsen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic ? ? 0 ?
25 Lineen, Jock ? ? 0 ?
3 Marchesi, Gerald (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Mogg, Les ? ? 1 ?
5 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Parkes, Eric ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 4 ?
24 Templar, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 11

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