1953 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1953 between Footscray and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Footscray (12.18.90) defeated St Kilda (4.5.29).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 22 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,158

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 12.18.90 - 4.5.29

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 3 . 7 6 . 12 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
St Kilda 1 . 2 2 . 2 4 . 5 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Margin STKL by 1 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 61 FOOT by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Beal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 3 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 3 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 18

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Eley, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Hartigan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
3 Houston, Ray ? ? 0 ?
21 Howell, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Linger, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 McLennan, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Milnes, Brian ? ? 1 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
16 Myers, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Turner, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Watt, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 5

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