1953 VFL Season Round 14: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1953 between St Kilda and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (9.10.64) were defeated by Essendon (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 9.10.64 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Essendon 2 . 1 7 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
14 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
12 Davies, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Gleeson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
15 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Linney, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
9 Pearson, Ian ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 7 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 15

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