Match Recap
Round 15·Sat, 8-Aug-1953 2:15 PM·Western Oval·18,075 att.
Footscray
14.14 (98)
vs
Melbourne
9.7 (61)
Footscray won by 37

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray3.2 (20)7.3 (45)12.6 (78)14.14 (98)14.14 (98)
Melbourne4.1 (25)4.3 (27)5.7 (37)9.7 (61)9.7 (61)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Peter Box
#18 Dave Bryden
#2 Jack Collins7
#22 Wally Donald
#7 Roger Duffy
#21 Arthur Edwards2
#24 Jim Gallagher
#10 Roy Harper
#25 Herb Henderson
#21 Tom Jones
#1 John Kerr3
#19 Alan Martin
#33 Ron McCarthy
#8 Lionel Ollington
#9 Don Ross1
#32 Harvey Stevens
#17 Ron Stockman
#6 Charlie Sutton1
#20 Allen Warren
#3 Ted Whitten

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#41 Frank Adams3
#6 Ken Albiston
#29 Lance Arnold
#30 John Beckwith
#29 Tony Bull
#7 Geoff Case
#4 Ken Christie
#26 Noel Clarke
#1 Denis Cordner
#23 Leigh Gloury
#34 Ralph Lane1
#3 Peter Marquis
#17 Geoff McGivern1
#2 Robert McKenzie1
#5 Ian McLean
#35 Noel McMahen
#11 Peter Schofield2
#12 Stuart Spencer
#33 Jack Thomson1
#25 Don Williams