1953 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1953 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Geelong (21.10.136) defeated Fitzroy (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,489

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.10.136 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 1 11 . 6 14 . 8 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 5 5 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 86 GEEL by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Fitzroy

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

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