1953 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 129.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Footscray (Semi Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Hutchison (26)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Coleman (96)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Hutchison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Hutchison

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bigelow, Doug #19 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Booth, Stan #2 17 R01-R17 13
Bradley, Kevin #5 3 R12, R16, R18 0
Carstairs, Jim #20 6 R04-R07, R09, R11 1
Clarke, Jack #1 17 R01-R11, R13-R17, SF 1
Coleman, Brian #17 5 R01-R02, R16-R18 0
Coleman, John #10 18 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF 97
Dale, Alan #15 1 R18 0
Gallagher, Fred #13 12 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12, R14, R18, SF 5
Gamble, Jeff #22 6 R06-R10, R17 3
Gardiner, Les #18 14 R01-R08, R13-R16, R18, SF 0
Gill, John #3 15 R01-R04, R08, R10-R18, SF 8
Gilmore, Brian #28 3 R03-R05 0
Harrington, Jack #23 15 R01-R03, R07-R16, R18, SF 1
Heenan, Jim #14 2 R02-R03 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 18 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF 27
Jones, Jack #24 16 R01, R04-R08, R10-R18, SF 2
Knowles, Jack #21 6 R01-R04, R12-R13 0
Law, Alby #36 2 R10-R11 1
Leek, Geoff #30 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 16
Mann, Lance #32 17 R01-R10, R12, R14-R18, SF 5
McConnell, Roy #25 19 R01-R18, SF 0
McDonald, Norm #4 19 R01-R18, SF 3
Mitchell, Hugh #31 2 R16-R17 1
Monks, Ian #29 12 R05, R07-R09, R11-R15, R17-R18, SF 17
Morris, Hugh #6 8 R01, R03-R07, R09, R12 0
O'Sullivan, Peter #16 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Pascoe, Mal #34 9 R09-R15, R17, SF 0
Payne, Fred #35 2 R10-R11 0
Sewell, Greg #9 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Syme, Bob #26 16 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08-R18, SF 7
Thaw, Alan #8 14 R06-R18, SF 0
Towner, John #33 11 R02-R07, R11-R13, R15, SF 12

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)
Reynolds, Dick 19 13 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 23 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
02/05/1953 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 10 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
09/05/1953 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 64 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
16/05/1953 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 14 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
23/05/1953 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 11 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
30/05/1953 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
06/06/1953 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 36 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
13/06/1953 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 45 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
20/06/1953 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 23 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
27/06/1953 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
04/07/1953 Round 11 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 16 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
18/07/1953 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 35 Dick Reynolds unknown
25/07/1953 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 21 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
01/08/1953 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 35 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
08/08/1953 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 11 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
15/08/1953 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
22/08/1953 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 1 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
29/08/1953 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 41 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
05/09/1953 Semi Final Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 8 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison