Round 4, 1953 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 16 May 1953, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 1 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Footscray | 17 | 51 | 65 | 75 |
Crowd 23,829. Coaches: Norm Smith and Charlie Sutton. Umpires: Harry Beitzel.
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Ron Barassi (debut) | 31 | 0 |
| Ken Albiston | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Woods | 37 | 0 |
| Jack Thomson | 33 | 0 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 0 |
| Nevin Paynter | 18 | 0 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Ken Melville | 38 | 0 |
| Maurie Reeves | 39 | 0 |
| Noel Clarke | 26 | 0 |
| Peter Marquis | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Arnold | 29 | 0 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 0 |
| Dale Anderson | 32 | 0 |
| Geoff McGivern | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Morrow | 24 | 1 |
| Ken Christie | 4 | 1 |
| Robert McKenzie | 2 | 1 |
| Allen Warren | 20 | 0 |
| Alan Martin | 19 | 0 |
| Ron McCarthy | 33 | 0 |
| Peter Box | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Bryden | 18 | 0 |
| Wally Donald | 22 | 0 |
| Herb Henderson | 25 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 9 | 0 |
| Jack King | 31 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Gallagher | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Scanlan | 26 | 0 |
| Allen Rogers | 35 | 0 |
| John Barrett | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Harper | 10 | 0 |
| Harvey Stevens | 32 | 1 |
| Jack Collins | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Gilmore | 34 | 2 |
| Roger Duffy | 7 | 4 |
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178 meetings: Melbourne 93, Footscray 84, 1 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 21 · crowd 44,258
Western Bulldogs by 3 · crowd 29,708
Western Bulldogs by 6 · crowd 34,733
Western Bulldogs by 51 · crowd 33,000
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 44,100
Melbourne by 50 · crowd 48,103