1953 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1953 between Footscray and Essendon during round eleven of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (9.15.69) defeated Essendon (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 34,884

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 9.15.69 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 3 1 . 9 2 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Essendon 2 . 5 2 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 30 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 3 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 White, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 2 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Law, Alby ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

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