1954 VFL grand final explained

Year:1954
Competition:VFL
Home:
Home Score:15.12 (102)
Away:
Away Score:7.9 (51)
Home Abbr:FOO
Away Abbr:MEL
Home Qtr1:6.3 (39)
Home Qtr2:8.5 (53)
Home Qtr3:12.9 (81)
Home Qtr4:15.12 (102)
Away Qtr1:1.4 (10)
Away Qtr2:4.6 (30)
Away Qtr3:6.7 (43)
Away Qtr4:7.9 (51)
Date:25 September 1954
Attendance:80,897
Stadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Last:1953
Next:1955

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

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Umpire – Jack McMurray Jr.

Statistics

Score

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Footscray 6.3 8.512.9 15.12 15.12 (102)
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

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