1953 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1953 between Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (8.9.57) were defeated by Essendon (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,543

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.9.57 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Essendon 4 . 6 5 . 7 9 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
41 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
32 Anderson, Dale ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 1 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
3 Marquis, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 Bradley, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Coleman, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 5 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 3 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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