South Melbourne vs North Melbourne 23-May-1953 Lineups

Saturday 23-May-1953

Final Round 5

South Melbourne Coach: Laurie Nash

58 8.10

62 9.8

North Melbourne Coach: Wally Carter

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Bill Gunn — 9 Bob Giles — 38 Bruce Murray — 34 Don Scott — 27 Eddie Lane — 18 Gerry McDonald — 28 Ian Gillett — 29 Jack Garrick — 11 Jim Dorgan — 20 Jim Taylor — 21 John Svenson — 26 Keith Browning — 16 Kevin Hilet — 17 Leo OHalloran — 7 Mick Sibun — 6 Nick Gelavis — 10 Ray Preston — 4 Richie Green — 23 Ron Clegg — 36 Stan Smith —

Away team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Allen Aylett — 28 Bob Brooker — 10 Brian Johnson — 31 Bryan Martyn — 29 Eric Parkes — 3 Gerald Marchesi — 5 Jack OHalloran — 25 Jock Lineen — 20 John Brady — 2 Kevin Dynon — 21 Kevin McMahon — 27 Laurie Icke — 12 Neil Doolan — 14 Noel Alford — 26 Percy Johnson — 11 Peter Hamilton — 36 Ron Walsh — 4 Ted Jarrard — 33 Ted Larsen — 19 Vic Lawrence —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	0.1	3.5	1.2	4.2	58
NTH	2.3	1.3	5.0	1.2	62

Match Leaders

Goals

Bill GunnSMO

Behinds

Not available yet

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMONTH

Scoring / Attack

8Goals9

0Behinds0

0Behinds Rushed0

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat South Melbourne by 4 points, 62–58.

North Melbourne took a 22-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 4 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 8 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage