Round 15, 1953 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 8 August 1953, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 20 | 45 | 78 | 98 |
| Melbourne | 25 | 27 | 37 | 61 |
Crowd 18,075. Coaches: Charlie Sutton and Norm Smith. Umpires: Bill Barbour.
| Lionel Ollington | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Bryden | 18 | 0 |
| Peter Box | 5 | 0 |
| Allen Warren | 20 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 0 |
| Harvey Stevens | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Gallagher | 24 | 0 |
| Roy Harper | 10 | 0 |
| Alan Martin | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Stockman | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Jones | 21 | 0 |
| Ron McCarthy | 33 | 0 |
| Herb Henderson | 25 | 0 |
| Roger Duffy | 7 | 0 |
| Wally Donald | 22 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 9 | 1 |
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 1 |
| Arthur Edwards | 21 | 2 |
| John Kerr | 1 | 3 |
| Jack Collins | 2 | 7 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Albiston | 6 | 0 |
| Geoff Case | 7 | 0 |
| Lance Arnold | 29 | 0 |
| John Beckwith | 30 | 0 |
| Noel Clarke | 26 | 0 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 0 |
| Leigh Gloury | 23 | 0 |
| Tony Bull | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Christie | 4 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| Peter Marquis | 3 | 0 |
| Ian McLean | 5 | 0 |
| Ralph Lane | 34 | 1 |
| Robert McKenzie | 2 | 1 |
| Jack Thomson | 33 | 1 |
| Geoff McGivern | 17 | 1 |
| Peter Schofield | 11 | 2 |
| Frank Adams | 41 | 3 |
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