Round 1, 1953 · Windy Hill · Saturday 18 April 1953, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 24 | 56 | 81 | 111 |
| Fitzroy | 35 | 52 | 74 | 88 |
Crowd 23,100. Coaches: Dick Reynolds and Alan Ruthven. Umpires: Geoff Robinson.
| Hugh Morris | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Coleman | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Jones | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Syme | 26 | 0 |
| Peter OSullivan | 16 | 0 |
| Norm McDonald | 4 | 0 |
| Lance Mann | 32 | 0 |
| Jack Knowles | 21 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Harrington (debut) | 23 | 0 |
| John Gill | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 1 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 3 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 3 |
| John Coleman | 10 | 10 |
| Bill Stephen | 8 | 0 |
| Arnie Bench (debut) | 24 | 0 |
| Don Furness | 30 | 0 |
| Alan Gale | 33 | 0 |
| Don Hart | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Meehan | 31 | 0 |
| Eddie Goodger | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Wright | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Gaffney | 26 | 0 |
| George Coates | 2 | 0 |
| Neville Broderick | 6 | 0 |
| Vin Williams | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Streader | 18 | 1 |
| Ken Ross | 22 | 1 |
| John Harding | 25 | 1 |
| Alan Ruthven | 7 | 1 |
| Norm Johnstone | 17 | 1 |
| Ron Simpson | 5 | 2 |
| Jack Gervasoni | 4 | 2 |
| Joe Hickey | 20 | 3 |
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197 meetings: Essendon 112, Fitzroy 80, 5 drawn.
Essendon by 66 · crowd 12,748
Essendon by 71 · crowd 25,295
Essendon by 74 · crowd 17,869
Essendon by 64 · crowd 33,265
Fitzroy by 13 · crowd 24,872
Essendon by 4 · crowd 50,567