| 1954 VFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 25 September 1954 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,897 | |||||||||||||||
The1954 VFL Grand Final was anAustralian rules football game contested between theFootscray Football Club andMelbourne Football Club, held at theMelbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 1954. It was the 57th annualGrand Final of theVictorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine thepremiers for the1954 VFL season.
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 theVictorian 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 andJohn Kerr had 32 disposals.
     Footscray |  Melbourne |
Umpire –Jack McMurray Jr.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Footscray | 6.3 | 8.5 | 12.9 | 15.12 | 15.12 (102) |
| Melbourne | 1.4 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 (51) |
Footscray
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