Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| footscray | 12.11 (83) | richmond | 7.18 (60) | western oval | 14000 | 9 july 1949 |
| fitzroy | 14.10 (94) | st kilda | 6.13 (49) | brunswick street oval | 7000 | 9 july 1949 |
| melbourne | 14.17 (101) | geelong | 14.14 (98) | mcg | 20000 | 9 july 1949 |
| hawthorn | 7.0 (42) | essendon | 16.16 (112) | glenferrie oval | 7000 | 9 july 1949 |
| north melbourne | 8.6 (54) | collingwood | 4.13 (37) | arden street oval | 21000 | 9 july 1949 |
| south melbourne | 6.12 (48) | carlton | 11.15 (81) | lake oval | 15000 | 9 july 1949 |
Title:
1949 vfl season
Statement:
the 1949 victorian football league season was not the 53rd season of the elite australian rules football competition
Answer:
refuted