1954 VFL grand final
# 1954 VFL grand final

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

| Footscray | Melbourne |
| - | - |

Footscray :

| B: | Wally Donald (vc) | Herb Henderson | Dave Bryden |
| - | - | - | - |
| HB: | Alan Martin | Ted Whitten | Jim Gallagher |
| C: | Ron McCarthy | Don Ross | Doug Reynolds |
| HF: | Roger Duffy | Peter Box | Ron Stockman |
| F: | Brian Gilmore | Jack Collins | Charlie Sutton (c) |
| Foll: | Harvey Stevens | Arthur Edwards | John Kerr |
| Res: | Jack Nuttall | Angus Abbey |
| Coach: | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |

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 | Norm Smith | 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 |
| - | - |
