1953 Round 15: Footscray v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, August 8th, 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)
Attendance: 18,075
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 4 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin MEL by 5 FOO by 18 FOO by 41 FOO by 37 FOO by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

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

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)

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 3 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 14 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 0 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 9 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

Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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