1953 Semi Final 1: Footscray v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 5th, 1953
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 69,467
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 6.13.49 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 7 3 . 8 4 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Essendon 1 . 0 3 . 7 4 . 7 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin FOO by 19 FOO by 1 FOO by 4 FOO by 8 FOO by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Charlie Sutton (Footscray), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Charlie Sutton (Footscray), Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack McMurray, E: Bill Barbour
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s): Francis Marinier
Umpire Replacement(s): (1) Bill Barbour replaced Francis Marinier

Player Statistics (Basic)

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 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 6 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 5 11

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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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

Score Timeline

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