1953 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1953 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round ten of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Fitzroy (11.9.75) defeated St Kilda (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 27 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. St Kilda
Score: 11.9.75 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	1	.	3	3	.	3	6	.	7	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
St Kilda	0	.	1	3	.	1	5	.	6	7	.	10	7	.	10	(52)
Margin	FITZ by 8			FITZ by 2			FITZ by 7			FITZ by 23			FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
24	Bench, Arnie	?	?	0	?
6	Broderick, Neville	?	?	0	?
19	Carroll, Noel	?	?	0	?
2	Coates, George	?	?	1	?
30	Furness, Don	?	?	0	?
26	Gaffney, Jack	?	?	0	?
33	Gale, Alan	?	?	0	?
4	Gervasoni, Jack	?	?	1	?
15	Goodger, Eddie	?	?	0	?
16	Hart, Don	?	?	0	?
20	Hickey, Joe	?	?	2	?
17	Johnstone, Norm	?	?	2	?
14	MacGregor, Jack	?	?	0	?
3	Magee, Tom	?	?	0	?
31	Meehan, Tom	?	?	0	?
22	Ross, Ken	?	?	0	?
7	Ruthven, Allan (c)	?	?	4	?
5	Simpson, Ron	?	?	0	?
18	Streader, Jack	?	?	1	?
13	Wright, Kevin	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				11	9

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
27	Bennett, Peter	?	?	3	?
32	Cockfield, Ken	?	?	0	?
14	Davidson, Irving	?	?	0	?
12	Davies, Harold	?	?	0	?
25	Drinan, Keith (c)	?	?	0	?
35	Eley, Jim	?	?	0	?
24	Hibbins, Geoff	?	?	0	?
15	Hurst, Arthur	?	?	0	?
6	Le Nepveu, Allan	?	?	0	?
18	Linger, Bill	?	?	0	?
1	Linney, Neville	?	?	0	?
2	McDonald, Jack	?	?	1	?
31	McLennan, Bruce	?	?	0	?
29	Mollar, Max	?	?	0	?
4	Mulhall, Ken	?	?	0	?
10	Roberts, Neil	?	?	1	?
20	Ross, Jim	?	?	2	?
7	Squire, Alan	?	?	0	?
16	Wandin, Jim	?	?	0	?
8	Woinarski, Brian	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				7	10

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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