1953 VFL Season Round 6: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1953 between St Kilda and Footscray during round six of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

St Kilda (10.9.69) were defeated by Footscray (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 May 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 10.9.69 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 3 4 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 15 level FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

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 ? ? 1 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
6 Le Nepveu, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Pearson, Ian ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Turner, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 3 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 3 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 1 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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