Match Recap
Round 1·Mon, 19-Apr-1954 2:15 PM·Glenferrie Oval·23,000 att.
Hawthorn
8.13 (61)
vs
Essendon
14.11 (95)
Essendon won by 34

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Hawthorn4.2 (26)6.4 (40)8.9 (57)8.13 (61)8.13 (61)
Essendon4.3 (27)8.5 (53)10.6 (66)14.11 (95)14.11 (95)

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Pat Cash
#6 Kevin Coghlan2
#28 Maurie Considine
#14 Len Crane
#32 Ian Egerton
#1 Ted Fletcher
#29 Warren Holyoak
#12 Alf Hughes
#10 John Kennedy
#35 Norm Maginness
#15 Phil OBrien
#3 John OMahoney
#7 Neil Pearson
#25 Graham Peck1
#23 John Peck
#8 Clive Philp
#27 Roy Simmonds3
#17 Noel Voigt1
#16 Lance Wilkinson1
#24 Allan Woodley

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth2
#12 Kevin Bradley
#20 Jim Carstairs
#1 Jack Clarke
#10 John Coleman10
#13 Fred Gallagher
#22 Jeff Gamble
#23 Jack Harrington
#7 Bill Hutchison2
#24 Jack Jones
#30 Geoff Leek
#32 Lance Mann
#25 Roy McConnell
#31 Hugh Mitchell
#16 Peter OSullivan
#34 Mal Pascoe
#9 Greg Sewell
#8 Alan Thaw
#33 John Towner