1953 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1953 between Geelong and Essendon during round four of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (12.7.79) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 35,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 12.7.79 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Essendon 3 . 1 5 . 6 8 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 6 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 2 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
28 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11

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