1953 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1953 between Geelong and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (16.14.110) defeated Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 August 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,124

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 16.14.110 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 6 . 8 11 . 11 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 1 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 5 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
15 Roberts, Jim ? ? 1 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 2 ?
32 Anderson, Dale ? ? 3 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 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 ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
38 Melville, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 8

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