1953 VFL Season Round 14: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1953 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. Ted Fletcher captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Hawthorn (3.10.28) were defeated by Footscray (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Footscray
Score: 3.10.28 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 0 . 3 0 . 5 3 . 10 3 . 10 3 . 10 (28)
Footscray 2 . 1 7 . 5 7 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 48 FOOT by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Ted Fletcher
Coach: Jack Hale

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom HFFL ? 1 ?
20 Atkins, Mack HFFR ? 0 ?
6 Coghlan, Kevin FPR ? 0 ?
34 Collins, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
28 Considine, Maurie FPL ? 1 ?
14 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
32 Egerton, Ian BPR ? 0 ?
1 Fletcher, Ted (c) RU ? 0 ?
12 Hughes, Alf BPL ? 0 ?
11 Hughes, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
26 Jose, Max FF ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
35 Maginness, Norm HBFR ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
25 Peck, Graham SUB ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHB ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 0 ?
21 White, Keith SUB ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 3 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 1 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Letcher, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Nuttall, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 2 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

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

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






1 T. Fletcher (c) 25 G. Peck
6 K. Coghlan 26 M. Jose 28 M. Considine 10 J. Kennedy 21 K. White
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

HALF-BACK













20 M. Atkins 34 B. Collins 4 T. Allsop



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













35 N. Maginness 8 C. Philp 11 P. Hughes



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













32 I. Egerton 14 L. Crane 12 A. Hughes



BACK



Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton