1953 Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, May 16th, 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,829
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 4.6.30 - 9.21.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 0 . 3 1 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Footscray 2 . 5 6 . 15 8 . 17 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
Margin FOO by 16 FOO by 48 FOO by 55 FOO by 45 FOO by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Denis Cordner (Melbourne), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Harry Beitzel
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Anderson, Dale ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 1 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Morrow, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 4 6

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 4 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 9 21

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

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

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