1953 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1953 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (6.13.49) were defeated by Melbourne (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.13.49 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 2 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 8 6 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 19 FITZ by 2 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
Cusack, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Colin ? ? 1 ?
34 Ford, John ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 1 ?
9 Renwick, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
Trickey, Ern ? ? 1 ?
35 Webb, Keith ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 13

Melbourne

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