1953 VFL Season Round 11: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1953 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (11.7.73) defeated Melbourne (8.21.69).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 11.7.73 - 8.21.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 10 5 . 14 8 . 21 8 . 21 (69)
Margin STKL by 24 STKL by 12 STKL by 16 STKL by 4 STKL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

H. Forsyth

Player Statistics

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 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 2 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
22 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 5 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Wandin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 2 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
40 Constable, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 21

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