1953 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1953 between Melbourne and Richmond during round twelve of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Alby Pannam.

Melbourne (11.9.75) drew with Richmond (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 July 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,402

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne drew with Richmond
Score: 11.9.75 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Richmond 1 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin MELB by 32 MELB by 9 RICH by 1 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Alby Pannam

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
40 Constable, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 1 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
43 McKenzie, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
24 Morrow, Bill ? ? 0 ?
39 Reeves, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 5 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
11 Wilson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron ? ? 3 ?
21 Brewer, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
37 Cox, Graham ? ? 2 ?
35 Davie, Brian ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
23 Dunin, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Fisher, Reg ? ? 2 ?
18 Hafey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
38 Hoare, Gavin ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 2 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
8 Ryan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Slater, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 9

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