Windy Hill · Sat 9 May 1953 · 18,000 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.8 | 6.10 | 12.14 | 122 |
| St KildaSTK | 1.3 | 4.9 | 5.12 | 58 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 122 and 58.
Essendon won by 64 points.
17.20 (122) — 7.16 (58)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Coleman | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Lance Mann | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Bill Hutchison | — | — | — | — |
| — |
| 2 |
| John Gill | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| John Towner | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Fred Gallagher | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Norm McDonald | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Hugh Morris | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Peter OSullivan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Greg Sewell | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Doug Bigelow | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Stan Booth | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Clarke | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Brian Gilmore | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Harrington | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Heenan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Knowles | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Geoff Leek | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Roy McConnell | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bennett | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Ray Houston | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Jim Ross | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Bill Linger | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Harold Davies | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Keith Drinan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Allan Greenshields | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Geoff Hibbins | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Arthur Hurst | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Allan Le Nepveu | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Neville Linney | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack McDonald | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Max Mollar | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Ken Mulhall | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Ian Pearson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bruce Phillips | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Neil Roberts | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Alan Squire | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Geoff Turner | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bob Watt | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |