| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| geelong | 13.12 (90) | hawthorn | 7.6 (48) | kardinia park | 16870 | 14 august 1954 |
| collingwood | 12.16 (88) | south melbourne | 13.12 (90) | victoria park | 18556 | 14 august 1954 |
| carlton | 10.16 (76) | essendon | 11.14 (80) | princes park | 29744 | 14 august 1954 |
| richmond | 10.18 (78) | melbourne | 15.4 (94) | punt road oval | 24000 | 14 august 1954 |
| north melbourne | 9.14 (68) | footscray | 9.14 (68) | arden street oval | 22000 | 14 august 1954 |
| st kilda | 13.14 (92) | fitzroy | 9.15 (69) | junction oval | 11500 | 14 august 1954 |