1953 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1953 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round ten of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Ted Fletcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.

Melbourne (10.14.74) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.6.102).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 27 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,993

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.14.74 - 16.6.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 0 5 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Hawthorn 8 . 2 10 . 3 12 . 6 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Margin HWTH by 44 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 22 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Hawthorn

Captain: Ted Fletcher
Coach: Jack Hale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

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) ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 6 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

Hawthorn

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

P. Hughes replaced M. Considine during the first quarter.

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

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 A. Hughes 14 L. Crane 1 T. Fletcher (c)













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 N. Pearson 19 A. Chown 16 L. Wilkinson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 I. Egerton 17 P. Charleston
HALF-FORWARD 10 J. Kennedy 11 P. Hughes
15 P. O'Brien 34 B. Collins 4 T. Allsop 6 K. Coghlan











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



24 J. Marr 3 J. O'Mahoney 21 K. White













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale