1953 Preliminary Final: Geelong v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday, September 19th, 1953
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,615
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 8.15.63 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 6 2 . 7 6 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 4 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin FOO by 7 FOO by 3 GEE by 17 GEE by 26 GEE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Reg Hickey (Geelong), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Fred Flanagan (Geelong), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): James Jamieson
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 4 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 2 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 5 7

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

Score Timeline

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