1953 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1953 between Essendon and Melbourne during round five of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (6.10.46) were defeated by Melbourne (9.3.57).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.10.46 - 9.3.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 3 9 . 3 (57)
Margin ESSE by 1 MELB by 3 MELB by 2 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 2 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
21 Baker, Noel ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Keith ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 3 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Morrow, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 3

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