1953 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 107.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Hands (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Spencer (32)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Ken Hands

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Hands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beasy, Doug #17 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 15
Bevilacqua, Peter #5 1 R18 0
Boyle, Alex #6 1 R01 0
Brown, John #16 14 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R16 0
Burke, Gerald #5 8 R06-R13 12
Calder, Don #19 4 R01, R10-R12 0
Caspar, Harry #24 4 R06-R09 0
Chick, John #23 13 R03-R09, R11-R16 1
Comben, Bruce #15 14 R01-R02, R05-R10, R13-R18 0
Dern, Harry #6 8 R02-R04, R06, R08-R11 0
Dunn, Harvey #22 4 R14-R17 4
English, Vin #14 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 0
Evans, Noel #29 1 R02 0
Ferry, George #25 11 R03-R12, R14 2
Gilchrist, Graham #28 2 R17-R18 1
Gill, Dick #20 8 R05, R12-R18 0
Guy, Doug #4 18 R01-R18 0
Hands, Ken #1 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 7
Hosking, Jack #28 1 R01 0
Howell, Jack #13 16 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R18 28
James, John #10 16 R01, R03-R04, R06-R18 8
Kerr, Laurie #11 18 R01-R18 5
Martini, Ray #27 7 R05-R06, R09-R10, R12-R14 0
McKaige, Ken #8 7 R07-R12, R18 0
Mills, Jack #9 18 R01-R18 10
Milroy, Bill #2 18 R01-R18 9
Molony, Brian #31 8 R01-R05, R14-R15, R18 0
Robertson, Ron #21 6 R02-R03, R15-R18 1
Spencer, John #32 18 R01-R18 32
Stafford, George #30 8 R03-R05, R09, R11-R12, R17-R18 0
Sullivan, Harry #3 8 R02-R04, R13-R17 0
Thomas, Max #34 8 R01-R08 0
Walsh, Tony #12 8 R01-R05, R07, R09, R13 20
Warburton, Keith #7 14 R01-R05, R10-R18 9
Webster, Peter #33 4 R12, R15-R17 1
Wenn, Max #18 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 26

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Bentley, Perce 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 5 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
02/05/1953 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 31 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
09/05/1953 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 6 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
16/05/1953 Round 4 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
23/05/1953 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 9 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
30/05/1953 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 20 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
06/06/1953 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 52 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
13/06/1953 Round 8 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 45 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
20/06/1953 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 6 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
27/06/1953 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 11 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
04/07/1953 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 24 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
11/07/1953 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 24 Perce Bentley Keith Warburton
25/07/1953 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 26 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
01/08/1953 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 27 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
08/08/1953 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 17 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
15/08/1953 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 5 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
22/08/1953 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 42 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
29/08/1953 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 11 Perce Bentley Ken Hands