1953 Round 16: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, August 15th, 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,543
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.9.57 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Essendon 4 . 6 5 . 7 9 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESS by 26 ESS by 13 ESS by 13 ESS by 25 ESS by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Denis Cordner (Melbourne), Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): James Jamieson
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
41 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Anderson, Dale ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
1 Cordner, Denis ? ? 1 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Coleman, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 5 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 10

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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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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