1953 Round 6: Melbourne v Fitzroy

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday, May 30th, 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,202
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.11.71 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FIT by 2 FIT by 22 FIT by 20 FIT by 10 FIT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)
Captain(s): Denis Cordner (Melbourne), Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bill Barbour
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 ? ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Noel ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hart, Don ? ? 2 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 2 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 3 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 9

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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Fitzroy Coach: Allan Ruthven

Score Timeline

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