1954 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 1954 between Geelong and Footscray in the second semi final of the 1954 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bernie Smith captained the hosts. In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (8.14.62) were defeated by Footscray (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1954 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 September 1954
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,686

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 8.14.62 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 10 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Footscray 3 . 1 7 . 7 7 . 10 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin GEEL by 10 FOOT by 17 level FOOT by 23 FOOT by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bernie Smith
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: Wally Donald (acting)
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 2 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
22 McMahon, John ? ? 1 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 1 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie (c) ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 4 ?
22 Donald, Wally (ac) ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 2 ?
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 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 19

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