1953 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1953 between Melbourne and Geelong during round seven of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (8.10.58) were defeated by Geelong (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,254

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.10.58 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Geelong 5 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 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) ? ? 2 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Morrow, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 3 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Murray, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 1 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 16

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