1953 VFL Round 9: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1953 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round 9 of the 1953 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Glenferrie Oval. Ted Fletcher captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Hawthorn
Back: A. Hughes, L. Crane, I. Egerton
Half-back: M. Considine, C. Philp, R. Simmonds
Centre: N. Pearson, A. Chown, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward: P. O'Brien, B. Collins, T. Allsop
Forward: J. Marr, J. O'Mahoney, K. White
Follower: T. Fletcher (capt.), J. Kennedy, K. Coghlan
Sub.: P. Hughes, G. Peck

Essendon
B. Hutchison (capt.), D. Bigelow, S. Booth, J. Carstairs, J. Clarke, J. Coleman, F. Gallagher, J. Gamble, J. Harrington, G. Leek, L. Mann, R. McConnell, N. McDonald, I. Monks, H. Morris, P. O'Sullivan, M. Pascoe, G. Sewell, B. Syme, A. Thaw

Hawthorn (9.10.64) were defeated by Essendon (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: K. Coghlan (2), J. O'Mahoney (2), I. Egerton, J. Kennedy, J. Marr, P. O'Brien, K. White
Essendon: B. Hutchison (3), J. Coleman (2), B. Syme (2), D. Bigelow, F. Gallagher, G. Leek, L. Mann, P. O'Sullivan

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 9.10.64 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 1 5 . 6 5 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Essendon 5 . 7 6 . 7 10 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 30 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captains: Ted Fletcher (Hawthorn), Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom HFFR ? 0 ?
19 Chown, Alf C ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin RO ? 2 ?
34 Collins, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
28 Considine, Maurie HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 1 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) RU ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
11 Hughes, Peter SUB ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 1 ?
24 Marr, Jack FPL ? 1 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil HFFL ? 1 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John FF ? 2 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham SUB ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HBFR ? 0 ?
21 White, Keith FPR ? 1 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 1 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 2 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 1 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 1 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 15

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

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






1 T. Fletcher (c) 11 P. Hughes
21 K. White 3 J. O'Mahoney 24 J. Marr 10 J. Kennedy 25 G. Peck
FORWARD 6 K. Coghlan

HALF-BACK













4 T. Allsop 34 B. Collins 15 P. O'Brien



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 19 A. Chown 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













27 R. Simmonds 8 C. Philp 28 M. Considine



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













32 I. Egerton 14 L. Crane 12 A. Hughes



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds