1953 VFL Season Round 4: St Kilda v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1953 between St Kilda and Richmond during round four of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

St Kilda (11.17.83) defeated Richmond (8.17.65).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 16,500

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Richmond
Score: 11.17.83 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 11 7 . 11 9 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Richmond 0 . 3 6 . 9 7 . 15 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin STKL by 38 STKL by 8 STKL by 11 STKL by 18 STKL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
6 Le Nepveu, Allan ? ? 1 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Turner, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Audas, Pat ? ? 1 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Coppock, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 0 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
36 Geard, Rex ? ? 0 ?
22 Morcom, Stan ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 3 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
28 Walsh, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 17

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