1953 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1953 between Essendon and St Kilda during round three of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Essendon (17.20.122) defeated St Kilda (7.16.58).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 9 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 17.20.122 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 8 6 . 10 12 . 14 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
St Kilda 1 . 3 4 . 9 5 . 12 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 10 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 2 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 20

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 4 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
6 Le Nepveu, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Pearson, Ian ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Turner, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 16

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