1954 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1954 VFA Williamstown fc 1954.jpg 250px Williamstown FC, premiers 14 Williamstown 6 Port Melbourne 6 1953 1955 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. 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. Ladder main WDL Q 1954 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 PMB Port Melbourne WIL Williamstown MOO Moorabbin NOR Northcote NBU Preston COB Coburg PRA Prahran BOX Box Hill OAK Oakleigh BRU Brunswick YAR Yarraville BRI Brighton CAM Camberwell SAN Sandringham 17 3 0 2047 1360 16 4 0 1783 1147 P 13 6 1 1701 1241 13 6 1 1463 1265 13 7 0 1659 1426 12 7 1 1511 1359 10 10 0 1771 1687 9 11 0 1582 1459 8 10 2 1757 1677 9 11 0 1413 1421 9 11 0 1460 1580 5 14 1 1279 1689 2 18 0 1425 2079 1 19 0 1035 2495 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Herald 4 September 1954 Association ladder 34 Melbourne Finals Semifinals Saturday, 11 September Moorabbin 6.8 (44) A Northcote 12.18 (90) St Kilda Cricket Ground 16,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 13 September 1954 Moorabbin beaten by keener Northcote 29 Melbourne Saturday, 18 September Port Melbourne 7.12 (54) H Williamstown 5.12 (42) St Kilda Cricket Ground 18,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 20 September 1954 'Town weakened, Port went on to 2 goals win 30 Melbourne Jack Dunn Preliminary Final Saturday, 25 September Williamstown 17.11 (113) H Northcote 10.12 (72) St Kilda Cricket Ground 14,500 The Sun News-Pictorial 27 September 1954 Methodical 'Town never in danger 29 Melbourne Jack Dunn 1954 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 2 October Port Melbourne 0.1 (1) 4.3 (27) 5.4 (34) 7.12 (54) Bonnett 3, McDonald, Owens, Walsh, Wharton Kelsey (cartilage), Stone (knee) A Williamstown 4.7 (31) 6.9 (45) 10.16 (76) 11.20 (86) Alford 3, Simpson 3, Fisher 2, Anderson, Kent, Linton Linton (concussion) St Kilda Cricket Ground 30,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 4 October 1954 'Town, buffeted early, had easy pennant win 32 Melbourne Jack Dunn Jack Irving Awards The leading goalkicker for the season was Peter Schofield (Moorabbin), who kicked 95 goals for the home-and-home season and 96 goals overall. Schofield sealed the title in Moorabbin's final home-and-home match for the season against Sandringham, in which he kicked 22 goals, including all sixteen of Moorabbin's second-half goals.The Argus 6 September 1954 Association match details 15 Melbourne The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Ted Turner (Brighton), who polled 39 votes. Eric Simpson (Williamstown) was second with 31 votes; and George Gerry Collins (Oakleigh) was third with 31 votes, but behind Simpson on a countback.The Argus 1 Turner VFA top 9 September 1954 Melbourne Moorabbin won the seconds premiership. Moorabbin 11.10 (76) defeated Williamstown 10.8 (68) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 2 October. Notable events Former Brunswick player and delegate Alec Gillon became president of the Association at the annual general meeting in February 1954, challenging and defeating Lewis Page, who had served as president since 1951.The Argus Melbourne 23 February 1954 17 V.F.A. president defeated Gillon went on to become the longest serving president of the Association, serving until 1981.https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01557b.htm 21 November 2013 Dave Nadel Victorian Football Association Prior to the season, two soccer clubs attempted to gain partial occupancy of Association grounds. The Jugoslav United Soccer Team tendered an offer of £800 to the City of Prahran for the use of Toorak Park on alternate weekends during the season, a move which would have left the Prahran Football Club – which paid only £25 in rent for the year – without a venue for its seconds team to use; but the council rejected J.U.S.T's offer, citing its desire to remain loyal to Prahran as the reason.The Argus Soccer £800 refused 15 16 February 1954 Melbourne However, the Brighton Soccer Club was successful in securing a lease for alternate weekends at Elsternwick Park, sharing the venue with Brighton; in Brighton's case, the club's seconds already played at a different venue – Brighton Beach Oval – and it was Brighton's existing co-tenant, the Elsternwick Football Club from the Victorian Amateur Football Association, which was evicted as a result.The Argus Soccer victory shock to national code Dave Anderson 20 Melbourne 24 February 1954 It was the first time an Association club had been forced to share its ground with a club from a rival code, and it re-established grounds control as a major issue within the Association – ultimately escalating to the events of 1959, when the Association suspended Prahran after the council leased Toorak Park to the Victorian Rugby Union on alternate weekends.The Sun News-Pictorial Prahran expelled by VFA 61, 64 17 March 1959 Melbourne Despite having played as an amateur team since mid-1953 due to financial hardships, Northcote managed to reach the final four.The Sun News-Pictorial Third VFA team to play as amateurs Jack Dunn 28 17 July 1953 MelbourneThe Argus Triumph for "amateurs"; Northcote wins way to V.F.A. four Dave Andersen 19 6 September 1954 Melbourne See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL