1953 VFL Season Grand Final: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1953 between Collingwood and Geelong in the grand final of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at the MCG. Lou Richards captained the hosts with Neil Mann as vice-captain. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Collingwood (11.11.77) defeated Geelong (8.17.65).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 September 1953
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 89,149

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 11.11.77 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 4 5 . 6 10 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Geelong 2 . 2 3 . 9 5 . 11 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin COLL by 2 COLL by 9 COLL by 29 COLL by 12 COLL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Lou Richards
Vice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

R. Allen
C. White

Boundary Umpires

R. Haughton
L. Sutton

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 4 ?
5 Finck, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 2 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
18 Parker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Rose, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 3 ?
29 Sharp, Lerrel ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 1 ?
27 Twomey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
10 Waites, Terry ? ? 0 ?
31 Waller, Neville ? ? 0 ?
16 Weideman, Murray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 3 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 17

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