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Melbourne vs Essendon

Scoreboard | Match statistics

Round: 16   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sat, 15-08-1953 2:15 pm   Crowd: 25,543  
Melbourne 0.4.43.6.247.8.508.9.57 C:  Norm Smith
Essendon 4.6.305.7.379.9.6312.10.82 C:  Dick Reynolds
  ESS by 26ESS by 13ESS by 13ESS by 25  

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
41 Adams, Frank 1 18y 64d 3 5
6 Albiston, Ken 0 26y 277d 92 108
32 Anderson, Dale 3 22y 66d 4 7
10 Arnold, Lance 0 27y 101d 129 84
31 Barassi, Ron 0 17y 169d 5 0
7 Case, Geoff 0 17y 334d 11 0
4 Christie, Ken 0 25y 352d 45 8
26 Clarke, Noel 2 22y 232d 45 80
1 Cordner, Denis 1 29y 48d 90 72
22 Ferguson, John 0 22y 95d 9 3
34 Lane, Ralph 0 23y 152d 22 2
3 Marquis, Peter 0 21y 155d 15 0
17 McGivern, Geoff 0 22y 231d 65 42
2 McKenzie, Bob 1 24y 239d 97 211
5 McLean, Ian 0 23y 353d 28 1
35 McMahen, Noel 0 26y 289d 116 25
38 Melville, Ken 0 22y 185d 15 0
12 Spencer, Stuart 0 21y 193d 61 32
33 Thomson, Jack 0 24y 202d 62 45
25 Williams, Don 0 17y 285d 14 0
  Rushed   9  
  Totals         8 9         22y 348d 928 725
Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
19 Bigelow, Doug 0 25y 29d 93 21
2 Booth, Stan 0 19y 255d 21 18
5 Bradley, Kevin 0 21y 292d 2 0
1 Clarke, Jack 0 20y 32d 35 3
17 Coleman, Brian 0 21y 86d 8 0
10 Coleman, John 5 24y 265d 89 479
18 Gardiner, Les 0 30y 202d 164 0
34 Gill, John 0 21y 118d 44 23
23 Harrington, Jack 0 23y 50d 13 1
7 Hutchison, Bill 3 30y 109d 220 373
24 Jones, Jack 0 28y 281d 158 142
30 Leek, Geoff 1 21y 178d 26 21
32 Mann, Lance 1 23y 34d 39 16
25 McConnell, Roy 0 25y 359d 89 0
4 McDonald, Norm 0 27y 248d 125 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh 1 18y 266d 1 1
16 O'Sullivan, Peter 0 21y 85d 28 1
9 Sewell, Greg 0 20y 46d 23 0
26 Syme, Bob 1 28y 258d 113 58
8 Thaw, Alan 0 27y 210d 35 0
  Rushed   10  
  Totals         12 10         24y 24d 1326 1160

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.