1953 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1953 between Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (4.6.30) were defeated by Footscray (9.21.75).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,829

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 4.6.30 - 9.21.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 0 . 3 1 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Footscray 2 . 5 6 . 15 8 . 17 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 48 FOOT by 55 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Anderson, Dale ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 1 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Morrow, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 6

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 4 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 21

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