1953 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1953 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round one of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Lou Richards captained the hosts with Neil Mann as vice-captain. Ron Clegg captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Laurie Nash.

Collingwood (17.16.118) defeated South Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 April 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 29,678

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 17.16.118 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 10 . 8 16 . 14 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
South Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 6 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin COLL by 28 COLL by 34 COLL by 56 COLL by 41 COLL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Ron Clegg
Coach: Laurie Nash

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Boundary Umpires

K. Innes

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 1 ?
6 Dunstan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
5 Finck, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Little, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
18 Parker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 3 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 2 ?
33 Rose, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 2 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 9 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Twomey, Pat ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Brew, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Browning, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Cullinan, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Deagan, Paddy ? ? 1 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Eichhorn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Gelavis, Nick ? ? 0 ?
9 Giles, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Gunn, Bill ? ? 1 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
19 McPherson, Alan ? ? 3 ?
39 Nolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Paez, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

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