1953 SANFL Season Round 15: Sturt v North Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1953 between Sturt and North Adelaide during round fifteen of the 1953 season of the South Australian National Football League. Sturt hosted North Adelaide at Unley Oval. Ian McKay captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Fitzgerald and the visitors were coached by Lionel Bennetts.

Sturt (9.8.62) were defeated by North Adelaide (11.5.71).

Match Details

Season: 1953 SANFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Sturt v North Adelaide
Date: Saturday 15 August 1953
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Unley Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Sturt def. by North Adelaide
Score: 9.8.62 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sturt 2 . 1 2 . 3 8 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
North Adelaide 2 . 0 7 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Margin STRT by 1 NADL by 29 STRT by 4 NADL by 9 NADL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Sturt

Captain: unknown
Coach: Len Fitzgerald

North Adelaide

Captain: Ian McKay
Coach: Lionel Bennetts

Player Statistics

Sturt

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 9 8

North Adelaide

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

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