1953 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1953 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round seven of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Ted Fletcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Fitzroy (8.12.60) defeated Hawthorn (5.14.44).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 6 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Hawthorn
Score: 8.12.60 - 5.14.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 9 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Hawthorn 1 . 6 2 . 8 3 . 11 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Margin FITZ by 3 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Hawthorn

Captain: Ted Fletcher
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom SUB↑ ? 0 ?
20 Atkins, Mack FPR↓ ? 0 ?
5 Cash, Pat FF ? 0 ?
19 Chown, Alf HFFR ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin RO ? 1 ?
34 Collins, Bill CHF ? 1 ?
28 Considine, Maurie SUB ? 0 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian RU ? 0 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) BPR ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 1 ?
24 Marr, Jack FPL ? 1 ?
29 Nash, Wally HFFL ? 1 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John HBFL ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WR ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
13 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy C ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

T. Allsop replaced M. Atkins during the third quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: Allan Ruthven
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 A. Hughes 14 L. Crane 1 T. Fletcher (c)













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



3 J. O'Mahoney 8 C. Philp 13 J. Robison













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 L. Wilkinson 27 R. Simmonds 7 N. Pearson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 I. Egerton 4 T. Allsop
HALF-FORWARD 10 J. Kennedy 28 M. Considine
29 W. Nash 34 B. Collins 19 A. Chown 6 K. Coghlan











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



24 J. Marr 5 P. Cash 20 M. Atkins













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale