Round 16, 1953 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 15 August 1953, 2:15pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 4 | 24 | 50 | 57 |
| Essendon | 30 | 37 | 63 | 82 |
Crowd 25,543. Coaches: Norm Smith and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: James Jamieson.
| John Ferguson | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Christie | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Thomson | 33 | 0 |
| Don Williams | 25 | 0 |
| Ken Melville | 38 | 0 |
| Peter Marquis | 3 | 0 |
| Geoff Case | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Albiston | 6 | 0 |
| Stuart Spencer | 12 | 0 |
| Noel McMahen | 35 | 0 |
| Ian McLean | 5 | 0 |
| Geoff McGivern | 17 | 0 |
| Ralph Lane | 34 | 0 |
| Lance Arnold | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Barassi | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Adams | 41 | 1 |
| Denis Cordner | 1 | 1 |
| Robert McKenzie | 2 | 1 |
| Noel Clarke | 26 | 2 |
| Dale Anderson | 32 | 3 |
| Norm McDonald | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Coleman | 17 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Jones | 24 | 0 |
| Stan Booth | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Bradley | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Thaw | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Peter OSullivan | 16 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| John Gill | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Harrington | 23 | 0 |
| Hugh Mitchell (debut) | 31 | 1 |
| Lance Mann | 32 | 1 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 1 |
| Bob Syme | 26 | 1 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 3 |
| John Coleman | 10 | 5 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 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