1953 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1953 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Fitzroy (7.11.53) were defeated by Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 7.11.53 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 4 . 5 6 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Footscray 4 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FOOT by 7 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 3 ?
Cusack, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
16 Hart, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
Trickey, Ern ? ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Vin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

Footscray

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

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