1953 VFL Round 2: Hawthorn v St Kilda
This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1953 between Hawthorn and St Kilda during round 2 of the 1953 VFL season.
Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at Glenferrie Oval.
Ted Fletcher captained the hosts.
Keith Drinan captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.
Hawthorn
Back:
N. Black, L. Crane, T. Fletcher (capt.)
Half-back:
M. Considine, C. Philp, J. O'Mahoney
Centre:
N. Pearson, P. Charleston, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward:
P. O'Brien, B. Collins, T. Allsop
Forward:
J. Marr, P. Cash, J. MacDonald
Follower:
G. Edwards, J. Kennedy, K. Coghlan
Sub.:
J. Douglas, P. Kanis
St Kilda
K. Drinan (capt.), P. Bennett, D. Bland, H. Davies, A. Greenshields, G. Hibbins, R. Houston, A. Hurst, A. Le Nepveu, B. Linger, N. Linney, J. McDonald, M. Mollar, K. Mulhall, I. Pearson, B. Phillips, N. Roberts, J. Ross, G. Turner, B. Watt
Hawthorn (8.9.57) were defeated by St Kilda (13.14.92).
Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Cash (4), B. Collins (2), J. MacDonald (2)
St Kilda: P. Bennett (5), D. Bland (2), J. Ross (2), A. Hurst, B. Linger, K. Mulhall, I. Pearson
As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 12th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1953 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
Hawthorn
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St Kilda
Date:
Saturday 2 May 1953
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Glenferrie Oval
Attendance:
12,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 7 | 8 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 9 | (57) |
| St Kilda | 5 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 8 | 9 | . | 11 | 13 | . | 14 | 13 | . | 14 | (92) |
| Margin | STKL by 8 | STKL by 16 | STKL by 22 | STKL by 35 | STKL by 35 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Jack Hale
(Hawthorn),
Col Williamson
(St Kilda)
Captains:
Ted Fletcher
(Hawthorn),
Keith Drinan
(St Kilda)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Barbour
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 4 | Allsop, Tom | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Black, Norm | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Cash, Pat | FF | ? | 4 | ? |
| 17 | Charleston, Peter | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Coghlan, Kevin | RO | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Collins, Bill | CHF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 28 | Considine, Maurie | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Crane, Len | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Douglas, Jack | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Edwards, George | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Fletcher, Ted (c) | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Kanis, Peter | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Kennedy, John | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | MacDonald, Jack | FPR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 24 | Marr, Jack | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | O'Brien, Phil | HFFL↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Pearson, Neil | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 8 | 9 | |||
P. Kanis replaced P. O'Brien during the second quarter.
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 27 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 5 | ? |
| 19 | Bland, Dave | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 12 | Davies, Harold | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Drinan, Keith (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Greenshields, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Hibbins, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Houston, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | Hurst, Arthur | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 6 | Le Nepveu, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Linger, Bill | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 1 | Linney, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | McDonald, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Mollar, Max | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Mulhall, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Pearson, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | Phillips, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Roberts, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Ross, Jim | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 23 | Turner, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Watt, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 14 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 21 | J. MacDonald | 5 | P. Cash | 24 | J. Marr | 10 | J. Kennedy | 18 | P. Kanis | ||||||
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| 3 | J. O'Mahoney | 8 | C. Philp | 28 | M. Considine |
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