Semi-final, 1953 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 5 September 1953, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 25 | 26 | 35 | 49 |
| Essendon | 6 | 25 | 31 | 41 |
Crowd 69,467. Coaches: Charlie Sutton and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Jack McMurray.
| Harvey Stevens | 32 | 0 |
| Roger Duffy | 7 | 0 |
| Allen Warren | 20 | 0 |
| Peter Box | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Bryden | 18 | 0 |
| Arthur Edwards | 21 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 9 | 0 |
| Wally Donald | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Stockman | 17 | 0 |
| Ron McCarthy | 33 | 0 |
| Herb Henderson | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Jones | 21 | 0 |
| Angus Abbey | 30 | 0 |
| Lionel Ollington | 8 | 1 |
| Alan Trusler | 35 | 1 |
| John Kerr | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Gilmore | 34 | 1 |
| Roy Harper | 10 | 2 |
| Jack Jones | 24 | 0 |
| John Towner | 33 | 0 |
| Alan Thaw | 8 | 0 |
| Peter OSullivan | 16 | 0 |
| Ian Monks | 29 | 0 |
| Norm McDonald | 4 | 0 |
| Lance Mann | 32 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | 9 | 0 |
| Mal Pascoe | 34 | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Harrington | 23 | 0 |
| John Gill | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Gallagher | 13 | 0 |
| Geoff Leek | 30 | 1 |
| Bob Syme | 26 | 1 |
| John Coleman | 10 | 1 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 2 |
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