1953 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 85.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Gaffney (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Joe Hickey (40)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Don Furness

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Ruthven

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Fred #1 5 R02, R14-R17 0
Ashman, George #12 1 R09 0
Bench, Arnie #24 15 R01-R15 0
Broderick, Neville #6 18 R01-R18 2
Carroll, Noel #19 9 R02-R10 1
Coates, George #2 18 R01-R18 13
Cusack, Jim 2 R16-R17 0
Darrigan, Kevin 5 R14-R18 0
Davey, Colin #11 6 R02-R04, R07-R08, R17 2
Ford, John #34 1 R17 0
Furness, Don #30 14 R01-R02, R06, R08-R18 2
Gaffney, Jack #26 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 0
Gale, Alan #33 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 3
Gervasoni, Jack #4 16 R01, R03-R13, R15-R18 13
Goodger, Eddie #15 16 R01, R03-R16, R18 0
Harding, John #25 6 R01, R08, R11, R14-R15, R18 4
Hart, Don #16 10 R01, R06-R08, R10-R12, R14-R16 6
Henderson, Bob #23 1 R18 1
Hickey, Joe #20 13 R01-R05, R09-R16 40
Johnstone, Norm #17 18 R01-R18 15
Knight, Graham 1 R18 0
MacGregor, Jack #14 16 R02-R17 6
Magee, Tom #3 9 R02-R06, R08, R10, R12, R14 1
Meehan, Tom #31 17 R01, R03-R18 0
Murphy, Joe #21 8 R02-R08, R13 0
Ongarello, Tony #5 7 R12-R18 13
Renwick, Reg #9 3 R09, R12, R17 0
Ross, Ken #22 18 R01-R18 5
Ruthven, Allan #7 18 R01-R18 27
Simpson, Ron #5 8 R01-R06, R09-R10 4
Spooner, Graham #32 2 R11-R12 0
Stephen, Bill #8 11 R01-R09, R11, R13 0
Streader, Jack #18 8 R01-R02, R07, R09-R13 7
Trickey, Ern 3 R16-R18 2
Wanhope, Charlie #28 1 R18 0
Webb, Keith #35 2 R17-R18 1
Williams, Vin #10 10 R01-R07, R13, R16, R18 0
Wright, Kevin #13 10 R01, R05, R07, R09-R15 0

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)
Ruthven, Allan 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 23 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
02/05/1953 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 1 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
09/05/1953 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 11 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
16/05/1953 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 11 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
23/05/1953 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 60 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
30/05/1953 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 10 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
06/06/1953 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 16 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
13/06/1953 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 86 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
20/06/1953 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
27/06/1953 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 23 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
04/07/1953 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 1 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
18/07/1953 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 35 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
25/07/1953 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 5 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
01/08/1953 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 29 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
08/08/1953 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 70 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
15/08/1953 Round 16 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 45 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
22/08/1953 Round 17 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
29/08/1953 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 20 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven