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1954 Footscray Football Club season

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a win, being 13 points up with five minutes remaining, before the home side rallied to snatch a draw with a behind on the siren. With two rounds remaining and seven teams still in contention for a finals berth, the pressure was on the Bulldogs when they met second-placed Essendon at Windy Hill. In a performance that set them up for their premiership success, Footscray won the match with a decisive five-goal-to-none third quarter to run out 19-point winners. Whitten was judged best on ground and Collins kicked six goals, while Essendon were clearly missing full-forward John Coleman, who had gone down with a career-ending knee injury earlier in the season.
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that same day, the Bulldogs went to the top of the ladder, where they would stay until Round 11, when they lost to Collingwood by ten points in a top-of-the-ladder clash at Victoria Park. Footscray slipped to fourth in Round 16 when, at Arden Street Oval against North Melbourne, they looked set for
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injured his shoulder, came from 23 points down at the last break to kick seven goals and win by nine points. With Richmond upsetting
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in the Semi Final after getting through a training session, but pulled out at the last minute on advice of the club doctor.
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to claim their first VFL premiership, making them the first of the teams admitted to the VFL in 1925 to do so.
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booting eight and nine goals respectively to help propel the Bulldogs to victory. In Round 7 against
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as premiership contenders. However, the season did not start well with losses
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was the club's 29th since they began competing in the
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Known as the Footscray Football Club from 1925–1996
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Melbourne. 26 April 1954. p. 17 1414: 1340:took charge of the team on the field. 18:Australian rules football club season 7: 2076:Beames, Percy (13 September 1954). 2044:Beames, Percy (10 September 1954). 1938:. 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Footscray
Otto Grobbecker
Charlie Sutton
Western Oval
VFL season
Finals series
Best and Fairest
Ted Whitten
Jack Collins
1953
1955
Footscray
Victorian Football League
Melbourne
1954 VFL season
St Kilda
Richmond
South Melbourne
Carlton
Jack Collins
Hawthorn
Glenferrie Oval
Don Ross
Ted Whitten
Collingwood
Victoria Park
VFL Ladder
1954 Home & Away Season
Western Oval

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