1953 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1953 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round twelve of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (7.20.62) were defeated by Essendon (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 25,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 7.20.62 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 5 . 11 6 . 14 7 . 20 7 . 20 (62)
Essendon 4 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 4 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

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