1953 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1953 between Essendon and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Essendon (8.13.61) defeated Geelong (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 41,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 8.13.61 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 3 . 10 6 . 13 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Geelong 3 . 2 6 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin ESSE by 2 GEEL by 12 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 2 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
20 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Worland, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 8

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