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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 5-Sep-1953
Final Semi Final
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
49 6.13
41 5.11
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 8 FTS by 8
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Alan Trusler — · Position unavailable 20 Allen Warren — · Position unavailable 30 Angus Abbey — · Position unavailable 21 Arthur Edwards — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Gilmore — · Position unavailable 6 Charlie Sutton — · Position unavailable 18 Dave Bryden — · Position unavailable 9 Don Ross — · Position unavailable 32 Harvey Stevens — · Position unavailable 25 Herb Henderson — · Position unavailable 1 John Kerr — · Position unavailable 8 Lionel Ollington — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Box — · Position unavailable 7 Roger Duffy — · Position unavailable 33 Ron McCarthy — · Position unavailable 17 Ron Stockman — · Position unavailable 10 Roy Harper — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 21 Tom Jones — · Position unavailable 22 Wally Donald — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Alan Thaw — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 26 Bob Syme — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 13 Fred Gallagher — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 29 Ian Monks — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 23 Jack Harrington — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Jones — · Position unavailable 10 John Coleman — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 32 Lance Mann — · Position unavailable 18 Les Gardiner — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 4 Norm McDonald — · Position unavailable 16 Peter OSullivan — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.70.11.32.249
ESS1.02.71.01.441

Match Leaders

Goals
2
2 tied leaders
Roy HarperFTS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

6Goals5
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 8 points, 49–41.

Footscray extended a 4-point three-quarter-time lead with a 14–10 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. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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