| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday May 23, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 9 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 9,150 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: T.Walsh 2, L.Kerr 2, J.Howell 2, B.Milroy 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Blues moved up to fifth on the ladder after this victory over St Kilda in a dour match at Princes Park. After days of heavy rain, the muddy ground helped the Saints. They led Carlton by a point at the last break, but couldn't hold out the Blues' finishing surge and went down by 9 points.POLICE GALLOP TO END FOOTBALL ROW
"Mounted police galloped onto the Carlton football ground this afternoon to settle a wild brawl between players, umpires, spectators, and trainers. The melee occurred soon after half-time in the Australian-rules match between Carlton and St.Kilda. It was one of the wildest exhibitions seen at a match in Melbourne for nearly 10 years. The free-for-all began when a Carlton player fell writhing on the ground. Within minutes a St.Kilda player flattened a spectator who jumped the fence, a Carlton defender hurled a trainer over his shoulders and more than 20 players wrestled on the rain-drenched, muddy ground."(Truth (Sydney) May 24 p2)
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben | 20 Dick Gill | 14 Vin English |
| HB: | 4 Doug Guy | 25 George Ferry | 30 George Stafford |
| C: | 34 A. Max Thomas | 7 Keith Warburton | 11 Laurie Kerr |
| HF: | 23 John Chick | 18 Max Wenn | 17 Doug Beasy |
| F: | 2 Bill Milroy | 12 Tony Walsh | 32 Jack Spencer |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell (vc) | 1 Ken Hands (c) | 9 Jack Mills |
| Res: | 31 Brian Molony | 27 Ray Martini | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut: Dick GillDebut (Carlton): Ray Martini
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