1953 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1953 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (14.14.98) defeated Melbourne (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,075

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 4 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 7 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin MELB by 5 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 7 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 3 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 1 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Bull, Tony ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
23 Gloury, Leigh ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
11 Schofield, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

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