Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 18-Apr-1953 2:15 PM·Punt Rd·19,394 att.
Richmond
11.7 (73)
vs
Melbourne
9.13 (67)
Richmond won by 6

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Richmond3.2 (20)4.4 (28)9.6 (60)11.7 (73)11.7 (73)
Melbourne1.3 (9)3.8 (26)5.8 (38)9.13 (67)9.13 (67)

Richmond — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#5 Kevin Betson
#29 Ron Branton
#33 Allan Cations
#17 Fred Clarke
#7 Allan Cooke2
#30 Kevin Coppock
#37 Graham Cox2
#31 Kevin Dillon
#23 Ray Ednie1
#10 Bill Green
#1 John Nix
#14 Max Oppy
#24 Ray Poulter2
#15 Des Rowe
#3 Havel Rowe1
#8 Frank Ryan
#11 Peter Schofield
#19 Geoff Spring1
#32 Bill Wilson2
#2 Roy Wright

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 Ken Albiston
#32 Dale Anderson3
#29 Lance Arnold
#30 John Beckwith
#4 Ken Christie
#26 Noel Clarke
#1 Denis Cordner
#23 Leigh Gloury
#13 Alan Krause1
#3 Peter Marquis
#17 Geoff McGivern
#2 Robert McKenzie2
#5 Ian McLean
#35 Noel McMahen
#38 Ken Melville
#9 Max Orr
#18 Nevin Paynter
#12 Stuart Spencer
#33 Jack Thomson2
#11 Jim Wilson1