Preliminary final, 1953 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 19 September 1953, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong | 6 | 19 | 46 | 63 |
| Footscray | 13 | 22 | 29 | 37 |
Crowd 58,615. Coaches: Reg Hickey and Charlie Sutton. Umpires: James Jamieson.
| George Swarbrick | 23 | 0 |
| Sid Smith | 5 | 0 |
| Bert Worner | 25 | 0 |
| Les Reed | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Palmer | 3 | 0 |
| John Hyde | 16 | 0 |
| Harry Herbert | 24 | 0 |
| Fred Flanagan | 10 | 0 |
| Geoff Williams | 21 | 0 |
| Leo Turner | 9 | 0 |
| Neil Trezise | 28 | 0 |
| Bernie Smith | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Sharp | 26 | 0 |
| Bruce Morrison | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 4 | 0 |
| Ivan Baumgartner | 13 | 0 |
| Peter Pianto | 6 | 1 |
| Ron Hovey | 12 | 1 |
| Noel Rayson | 27 | 2 |
| Bill McMaster | 7 | 4 |
| Dave Bryden | 18 | 0 |
| Allen Warren | 20 | 0 |
| Arthur Edwards | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Jones | 21 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 0 |
| Lionel Ollington | 8 | 0 |
| Angus Abbey | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Sutton | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Stockman | 17 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 9 | 0 |
| Wally Donald | 22 | 0 |
| Roger Duffy | 7 | 0 |
| Ron McCarthy | 33 | 0 |
| Herb Henderson | 25 | 0 |
| Alan Martin | 19 | 0 |
| John Kerr | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Box | 5 | 0 |
| Roy Harper | 10 | 1 |
| Harvey Stevens | 32 | 2 |
| Alan Trusler | 35 | 2 |
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