1954 VFL Grand Final
Footscray
Melbourne
15.12 (102)
7.9 (51)
1
2
3
4
FOO
6.3 (39)
8.5 (53)
12.9 (81)
15.12 (102)
MEL
1.4 (10)
4.6 (30)
6.7 (43)
7.9 (51)
Date 25 September 1954 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 80,897
The 1954 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Footscray Football Club and Melbourne Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1954. It was the 57th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1954 VFL season .
The match [ ]
The match, attended by 80,897 spectators, was won by Footscray by 51 points, marking that club's first VFL premiership; it had won 9 premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before entering the VFL in 1925.
Footscray led by 29 points at quarter-time and were comfortably in front for the rest of the game. Jack Collins kicked 7 goals for the match and John Kerr had 32 disposals.
The teams [ ]
Melbourne
B :
John Beckwith
Lance Arnold
Ken Christie
HB :
Geoff Collins (c)
Noel McMahen
Don Williams
C :
Ralph Lane
Ken Melville
Ian McLean
HF :
Laurie Mithen
Geoff McGivern
Geoff Case
F :
Bob Johnson
Noel Clarke
Ken Albiston
Foll :
Denis Cordner
Ron Barassi
Stuart Spencer
Res :
Frank Adams
Brian Dixon
Coach :
Norm Smith
Umpire – Jack McMurray Jr.
Statistics [ ]
Score [ ]
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Footscray
6.3
8.5
12.9
15.12
15.12 (102)
Melbourne
1.4
4.6
6.7
7.9
7.9 (51)
Goalkickers [ ]
Footscray
Collins 7
Sutton 3
Duffy 1
Kerr 1
Reynolds 1
Stevens 1
Stockman 1
Melbourne
Albiston 1
Barassi 1
Clarke 1
Johnson 1
McLean 1
Mithen 1
Spencer 1
See also [ ]
External links [ ]
1. Kerr
2. Collins
3. Whitten
5. Box
6. Sutton (c)
7. Duffy
9. Ross
11. Edwards
17. Stockman
18. Bryden
19. Martin
22. Donald
24. Gallagher
25. Henderson
26. Nuttall
28. Reynolds
30. Abbey
32. Stevens
33. McCarthy
34. Gilmore
Western Bulldogs
AFL coach: Luke Beveridge
AFL captain: Marcus Bontempelli
AFLW coach: Nathan Burke
AFLW captain: Ellie Blackburn
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Docklands Stadium (2000–)
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AFLW home grounds VFL/AFL premierships (2) AFLW premierships (1) Seasons (96) Related articles Known as the Footscray Football Club from 1925–1996
AFL coach: Simon Goodwin
AFL captain: Max Gawn
AFLW coach: Mick Stinear
AFLW captain: Daisy Pearce
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