1953 VFL Season Round 9: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1953 between St Kilda and Geelong during round nine of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

St Kilda (6.8.44) were defeated by Geelong (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 6.8.44 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
St Kilda	1	.	2	4	.	3	4	.	5	6	.	8	6	.	8	(44)
Geelong	2	.	1	4	.	3	4	.	4	9	.	6	9	.	6	(60)
Margin	GEEL by 5			level			STKL by 1			GEEL by 16			GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
27	Bennett, Peter	?	?	1	?
32	Cockfield, Ken	?	?	0	?
12	Davies, Harold	?	?	0	?
25	Drinan, Keith (c)	?	?	0	?
35	Eley, Jim	?	?	0	?
24	Hibbins, Geoff	?	?	0	?
15	Hurst, Arthur	?	?	0	?
18	Linger, Bill	?	?	1	?
1	Linney, Neville	?	?	0	?
2	McDonald, Jack	?	?	1	?
31	McLennan, Bruce	?	?	0	?
29	Mollar, Max	?	?	0	?
4	Mulhall, Ken	?	?	0	?
14	Phillips, Bruce	?	?	0	?
10	Roberts, Neil	?	?	2	?
20	Ross, Jim	?	?	1	?
7	Squire, Alan	?	?	0	?
16	Wandin, Jim	?	?	0	?
26	Watt, Bob	?	?	0	?
8	Woinarski, Brian	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				6	8

Geelong

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

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

Score Timeline

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Links

1953 VFL Season

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