1953 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1953 between Footscray and Geelong during round two of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (8.13.61) were defeated by Geelong (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 2 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 28,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 8.13.61 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 9 5 . 10 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Geelong 5 . 1 9 . 5 14 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin GEEL by 22 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
4 Slater, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
15 Templeton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Thompson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Baumgartner, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 3 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 8 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 12

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