1953 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 123.5%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Rose (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Rose (29)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Bob Rose

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Lou Richards

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Batchelor, Keith #4 9 R01-R06, R12, SF, GF 8
Bromage, Keith #35 2 R17-R18 4
Clarke, Kevin #30 9 R02-R10 5
Dunstan, Maurie #6 13 R01, R06-R16, R18 22
Finck, Jack #5 19 R01-R07, R09-R18, SF, GF 6
Flint, Kevin #13 1 R03 0
Gooch, Arthur #14 13 R03-R06, R12-R18, SF, GF 0
Hamilton, Jack #8 13 R01-R06, R08-R14 3
Hams, George #7 12 R01-R03, R11-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Healey, Des #12 17 R01, R03-R11, R13-R17, SF, GF 6
Hickey, Jack #19 17 R01-R09, R11-R15, R17-R18, SF 4
Kingston, Ron #9 19 R02-R18, SF, GF 4
Little, Dave #16 3 R01-R02, R16 0
Lucas, Peter #3 18 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF 0
Mann, Neil #2 17 R01-R05, R07-R11, R14-R18, SF, GF 8
Merrett, Thorold #17 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 15
Milburn, Pat #11 6 R07, R11-R14, R16 3
Parker, Jack #18 13 R01-R10, R12, SF, GF 0
Richards, Lou #1 19 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF, GF 25
Richards, Ron #20 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 13
Rose, Bill #33 5 R01-R02, R04, SF, GF 0
Rose, Bob #22 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 36
Sharp, Lerrel #29 5 R05, R17-R18, SF, GF 0
Tarrant, Tom #28 4 R03-R05, R08 0
Tebble, Bill #15 16 R02-R15, R17-R18 6
Tuck, Frank #24 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 1
Twomey, Bill #26 15 R01, R06, R08-R18, SF, GF 27
Twomey, Mick #25 17 R01-R02, R06-R18, SF, GF 14
Twomey, Pat #27 12 R01-R03, R09-R10, R12-R17, GF 8
Waites, Terry #10 7 R05, R07-R10, SF, GF 1
Waller, Neville #31 16 R03-R07, R10-R18, SF, GF 9
Weideman, Murray #16 5 R15-R18, GF 4
West, Fred #34 3 R07-R08, R11 0

Team Line-Up

Back:


Half-Back:


Centre:


Half-Forward:


Forward:


Follower:


Interchange:


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)
Kyne, Phonse 20 16 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 41 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
02/05/1953 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 43 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
09/05/1953 Round 3 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 25 Phonse Kyne unknown
16/05/1953 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 8 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
23/05/1953 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 70 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
30/05/1953 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 23 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
06/06/1953 Round 7 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 1 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
13/06/1953 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 75 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
20/06/1953 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 15 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
27/06/1953 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 28 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
04/07/1953 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 1 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
18/07/1953 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 38 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
25/07/1953 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 29 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
01/08/1953 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 20 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
08/08/1953 Round 15 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 17 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
15/08/1953 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 16 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
22/08/1953 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 14 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
29/08/1953 Round 18 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 19 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
12/09/1953 Semi Final Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 30 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
26/09/1953 Grand Final Geelong HOME WIN COL by 12 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards