1954 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1954 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (14.13.97) defeated Essendon (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1954
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 14.13.97 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 3 12 . 6 12 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 5 8 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin FITZ by 25 FITZ by 55 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
36 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
35 Carr, Reg ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 4 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 2 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 5 ?
Smyth, Leo ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 4 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
15 Taylor, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 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