1953 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1953 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round three of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League.
Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval.
Charlie Sutton captained the hosts.
Ted Fletcher captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.
Footscray (16.15.111) defeated Hawthorn (6.6.42).
Match Details
Season:
1953 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Footscray
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 9 May 1953
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
15,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Footscray | 1 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 15 | 16 | . | 15 | (111) |
| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 6 | (42) |
| Margin | HWTH by 17 | FOOT by 8 | FOOT by 34 | FOOT by 69 | FOOT by 69 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Footscray
Captain: Charlie SuttonCoach: Charlie Sutton
Hawthorn
Captain: Ted FletcherCoach: Jack Hale
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 14 | Barrett, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Box, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 18 | Bryden, Dave | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack | ? | ? | 6 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Duffy, Roger | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 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 | ? |
| 35 | Rogers, Allen | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Stevens, Harvey | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 17 | Stockman, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Sutton, Charlie (c) | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 20 | Warren, Allen | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 15 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 4 | Allsop, Tom | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 5 | Cash, Pat | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Coghlan, Kevin | RO | ? | 2 | ? |
| 34 | Collins, Bill | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Considine, Bernie | FPR | ? | 2 | ? |
| 28 | Considine, Maurie | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Crane, Len | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Douglas, Jack | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Egerton, Ian | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Fletcher, Ted (c) | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Hughes, Alf | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Kanis, Peter | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Kennedy, John | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | McCann, Ian | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | McCashney, John | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Nash, Wally | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Pearson, Neil | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | CHB↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | WL↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 6 | 6 | |||
I. Egerton replaced C. Philp during the third quarter.
P. Kanis replaced L. Wilkinson during the third quarter.
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
| Footscray | Coach: Charlie Sutton | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 | A. Hughes | 14 | L. Crane | 1 | T. Fletcher (c) |
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| 3 | J. O'Mahoney | 8 | C. Philp | 31 | J. Douglas |
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| 16 | L. Wilkinson | 5 | P. Cash | 7 | N. Pearson |
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| CENTRE | 28 | M. Considine | 32 | I. Egerton | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 10 | J. Kennedy | 18 | P. Kanis | |||||||||||
| 29 | W. Nash | 34 | B. Collins | 9 | I. McCann | 6 | K. Coghlan |
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| 23 | J. McCashney | 4 | T. Allsop | 2 | B. Considine |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: Jack Hale | ||||||||||||||