The 1954 Victorian Football Association season was the 73rd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne by 32 points in the Grand Final on 2 October. It was Williamstown's sixth premiership, and the first of five premierships won in six seasons from 1954 until 1959.
1954 VFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 14 |
Premiers | Williamstown 6th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Melbourne 6th minor premiership |
The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||||
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1 | Port Melbourne | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2047 | 1360 | 150.5 | 68 | |||
2 | Williamstown (P) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1783 | 1147 | 155.4 | 64 | |||
3 | Moorabbin | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1701 | 1241 | 137.0 | 54 | |||
4 | Northcote | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1463 | 1265 | 115.6 | 54 | |||
5 | Preston | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1659 | 1426 | 116.3 | 52 | |||
6 | Coburg | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1511 | 1359 | 111.1 | 50 | |||
7 | Prahran | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1771 | 1687 | 104.9 | 40 | |||
8 | Box Hill | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1582 | 1459 | 108.4 | 36 | |||
9 | Oakleigh | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1757 | 1677 | 104.7 | 36 | |||
10 | Brunswick | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1413 | 1421 | 99.4 | 36 | |||
11 | Yarraville | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1460 | 1580 | 92.4 | 36 | |||
12 | Brighton | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1279 | 1689 | 75.4 | 22 | |||
13 | Camberwell | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1425 | 2079 | 68.5 | 8 | |||
14 | Sandringham | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1035 | 2495 | 41.4 | 4 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[1] |
Semifinals | |||||
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Saturday, 11 September | Moorabbin 6.8 (44) | def. by | Northcote 12.18 (90) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) | [2] |
Saturday, 18 September | Port Melbourne 7.12 (54) | def. | Williamstown 5.12 (42) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) | [3] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Saturday, 25 September | Williamstown 17.11 (113) | def. | Northcote 10.12 (72) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 14,500) | [4] |
1954 VFA Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 2 October | Port Melbourne | def. by | Williamstown | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 30,000) | [5] |
0.1 (1) 4.3 (27) 5.4 (34) 7.12 (54) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.7 (31) 6.9 (45) 10.16 (76) 11.20 (86) |
Umpires: Jack Irving | ||
Bonnett 3, McDonald, Owens, Walsh, Wharton | Goals | Alford 3, Simpson 3, Fisher 2, Anderson, Kent, Linton | |||
Kelsey (cartilage), Stone (knee) | Injuries | Linton (concussion) | |||