1953 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1953 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Des Rowe captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alby Pannam and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (11.7.73) defeated Melbourne (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 April 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 19,394

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 11.7.73 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 4 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 8 5 . 8 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 2 RICH by 22 RICH by 6 RICH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 2 ?
30 Coppock, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 2 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Ednie, Ray ? ? 1 ?
10 Green, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 1 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Anderson, Dale ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
13 Krause, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Orr, Max ? ? 0 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 2 ?
11 Wilson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

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