Match Recap
Round 16·Sat, 15-Aug-1953 2:15 PM·M.C.G.·25,543 att.
Melbourne
8.9 (57)
vs
Essendon
12.10 (82)
Essendon won by 25

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne0.4 (4)3.6 (24)7.8 (50)8.9 (57)8.9 (57)
Essendon4.6 (30)5.7 (37)9.9 (63)12.10 (82)12.10 (82)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#41 Frank Adams1
#6 Ken Albiston
#32 Dale Anderson3
#29 Lance Arnold
#31 Ron Barassi
#7 Geoff Case
#4 Ken Christie
#26 Noel Clarke2
#1 Denis Cordner1
#22 John Ferguson
#34 Ralph Lane
#3 Peter Marquis
#17 Geoff McGivern
#2 Robert McKenzie1
#5 Ian McLean
#35 Noel McMahen
#38 Ken Melville
#12 Stuart Spencer
#33 Jack Thomson
#25 Don Williams

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#19 Doug Bigelow
#2 Stan Booth
#5 Kevin Bradley
#1 Jack Clarke
#17 Brian Coleman
#10 John Coleman5
#18 Les Gardiner
#3 John Gill
#23 Jack Harrington
#7 Bill Hutchison3
#24 Jack Jones
#30 Geoff Leek1
#32 Lance Mann1
#25 Roy McConnell
#4 Norm McDonald
#31 Hugh Mitchell1
#16 Peter OSullivan
#9 Greg Sewell
#26 Bob Syme1
#8 Alan Thaw