1953 SANFL Season Round 1: North Adelaide v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1953 between North Adelaide and Port Adelaide during round one of the 1953 season of the South Australian National Football League. North Adelaide hosted Port Adelaide at Prospect Oval. Ian McKay captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Lionel Bennetts and the visitors were coached by Fos Williams.

North Adelaide (7.14.56) were defeated by Port Adelaide (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1953 SANFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 25 April 1953
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Prospect Oval

Match Results

Outcome: North Adelaide def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 7.14.56 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Adelaide 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Port Adelaide 1 . 5 2 . 11 5 . 14 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin NADL by 5 NADL by 7 NADL by 9 PADL by 7 PADL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

North Adelaide

Captain: Ian McKay
Coach: Lionel Bennetts

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Fos Williams

Player Statistics

North Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Blunden, John ? ? 0 ?
21 Bryan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Donisthorpe, John ? ? 0 ?
11 Fuller, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Griffin, Lyle ? ? 0 ?
7 Hancock, Stanley ? ? 0 ?
8 Hewett, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennett, Paul ? ? 0 ?
15 McCann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
1 McKay, Ian (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 McKenzie, Bill ? ? 1 1
17 Odgers, Allen ? ? 0 5
2 Phillips, Ron ? ? 4 3
16 Proud, Bob ? ? 1 5
18 Stringer, Dean ? ? 1 ?
19 Tanner, Colin ? ? 0 ?
12 Tidswell, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Vaughan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Way, Merv ? ? 0 ?
20 Weston, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 8 15

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s