1953 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1953 between Geelong and Footscray in the preliminary final of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at the MCG. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (8.15.63) defeated Footscray (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 September 1953
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,615

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 8.15.63 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 6 2 . 7 6 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 4 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin FOOT by 7 FOOT by 3 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 1 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 4 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 15

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 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 2 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 7

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