1953 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1953 between Footscray and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at the MCG. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (6.13.49) defeated Essendon (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 September 1953
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 69,467

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 6.13.49 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 7 3 . 8 4 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Essendon 1 . 0 3 . 7 4 . 7 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin FOOT by 19 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray
E: B. Barbour

Boundary Umpires

F. Marinier

Umpire Replacements

B. Barbour replaced F. Marinier.

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
21 Jones, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Kerr, John ? ? 1 ?
33 McCarthy, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Ollington, Lionel ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
32 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
17 Stockman, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Trusler, Alan ? ? 1 ?
20 Warren, Allen ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Harrington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
29 Monks, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Towner, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 11

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