1954 VFA season

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1954 VFA premiership season
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Williamstown FC, premiers
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Premiers Williamstown
(6th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Melbourne
(6th minor premiership)
  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.

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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

1954 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Port Melbourne 20173020471360150.568
2 Williamstown (P)20164017831147155.464
3 Moorabbin 20136117011241137.054
4 Northcote 20136114631265115.654
5 Preston 20137016591426116.352
6 Coburg 20127115111359111.150
7 Prahran 201010017711687104.940
8 Box Hill 20911015821459108.436
9 Oakleigh 20810217571677104.736
10 Brunswick 2091101413142199.436
11 Yarraville 2091101460158092.436
12 Brighton 2051411279168975.422
13 Camberwell 2021801425207968.58
14 Sandringham 2011901035249541.44
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semifinals
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
Saturday, 25 September Williamstown 17.11 (113)def. Northcote 10.12 (72) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 14,500) [4]
1954 VFA Grand Final
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, WhartonGoals Alford 3, Simpson 3, Fisher 2, Anderson, Kent, Linton
Kelsey (cartilage), Stone (knee)Injuries Linton (concussion)

Awards

Notable events

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