1953 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1953 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Kevin Dynon captained the hosts. Ron Clegg captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wally Carter and the visitors were coached by Laurie Nash.

North Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.21.87).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.8.56 - 11.21.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 7 . 2 7 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
South Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 13 8 . 14 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Margin SMLB by 22 NMLB by 1 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 31 SMLB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Kevin Dynon
Coach: Wally Carter

South Melbourne

Captain: Ron Clegg
Coach: Laurie Nash

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Alford, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 1 ?
20 Brady, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Dynon, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Easton, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
35 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Grambeau, Mick ? ? 1 ?
13 Grant, Reg ? ? 1 ?
27 Icke, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
4 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
10 Johnson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Johnson, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
33 Larsen, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic ? ? 0 ?
3 Marchesi, Gerald ? ? 2 ?
31 Martyn, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 8

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Atkinson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Browning, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Deagan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
31 Eichhorn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 3 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
8 Gunn, Bill ? ? 1 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Hogan, Pat ? ? 1 ?
1 Keyter, Don ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
5 Lyon, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
19 McPherson, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Meagher, Jack ? ? 2 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 0 ?
11 Summers, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Taylor, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 21

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