1953 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1953 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round six of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Fitzroy (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,202

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.11.71 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

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) ? ? 1 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Bench, Arnie ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Noel ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 3 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hart, Don ? ? 2 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 2 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 9

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