Match Recap
Round 4·Sat, 16-May-1953 2:15 PM·M.C.G.·23,829 att.
Melbourne
4.6 (30)
vs
Footscray
9.21 (75)
Footscray won by 45

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne0.1 (1)0.3 (3)1.4 (10)4.6 (30)4.6 (30)
Footscray2.5 (17)6.15 (51)8.17 (65)9.21 (75)9.21 (75)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 Ken Albiston
#32 Dale Anderson
#29 Lance Arnold
#31 Ron Barassi
#30 John Beckwith
#4 Ken Christie1
#26 Noel Clarke
#1 Denis Cordner
#3 Peter Marquis
#17 Geoff McGivern1
#2 Robert McKenzie1
#35 Noel McMahen
#38 Ken Melville
#24 Bill Morrow1
#18 Nevin Paynter
#39 Maurie Reeves
#12 Stuart Spencer
#33 Jack Thomson
#25 Don Williams
#37 Mike Woods

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#14 John Barrett
#5 Peter Box
#18 Dave Bryden
#2 Jack Collins2
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy4
#24 Jim Gallagher
#34 Brian Gilmore2
#10 Roy Harper
#25 Herb Henderson
#31 Jack King
#19 Alan Martin
#33 Ron McCarthy
#35 Allen Rogers
#9 Don Ross
#26 Bill Scanlan
#32 Harvey Stevens1
#6 Charlie Sutton
#20 Allen Warren
#3 Ted Whitten