Round 5, 1953 · Windy Hill · Saturday 23 May 1953, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 15 | 29 | 37 | 46 |
| Melbourne | 14 | 32 | 39 | 57 |
Crowd 9,500. Coaches: Dick Reynolds and Norm Smith. Umpires: Max Blumfield.
| Peter OSullivan | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Syme | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Carstairs | 20 | 0 |
| John Towner | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Jones | 24 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Brian Gilmore | 28 | 0 |
| Lance Mann | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh Morris | 6 | 0 |
| Norm McDonald | 4 | 0 |
| Ian Monks (debut) | 29 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 1 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 1 |
| John Coleman | 10 | 2 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Melville | 38 | 0 |
| Leigh Gloury | 23 | 0 |
| Noel Baker (debut) | 21 | 0 |
| Noel Clarke | 26 | 0 |
| Ken Christie | 4 | 0 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Jack Thomson | 33 | 0 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 0 |
| Lance Arnold | 29 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Keith Carroll | 19 | 0 |
| Geoff Case (debut) | 7 | 0 |
| Peter Marquis | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Woods | 37 | 1 |
| Ken Albiston | 6 | 1 |
| Geoff McGivern | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Morrow | 24 | 1 |
| Robert McKenzie | 2 | 2 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 3 |
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223 meetings: Essendon 133, Melbourne 88, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503