1953 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 136.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Geelong (Preliminary Final)
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Harvey Stevens (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Collins (50)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Harvey Stevens

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Sutton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Angus #30 11 R05-R07, R09-R13, R18, SF, PF 0
Barrett, John #14 4 R03-R04, R12, R17 0
Beal, Stan #31 1 R17 0
Box, Peter #5 19 R02-R18, SF, PF 3
Bryden, Dave #18 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 10
Collins, Jack #2 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 50
Donald, Wally #22 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Duffy, Roger #7 16 R02-R08, R12-R18, SF, PF 27
Edwards, Arthur #21 10 R11-R18, SF, PF 7
Egan, Reg #8 2 R01-R02 2
Gallagher, Jim #24 17 R01-R17 0
Gilmore, Brian #34 14 R01-R06, R08, R10-R13, R17-R18, SF 15
Harper, Roy #10 16 R01-R07, R10-R13, R15-R16, R18, SF, PF 11
Henderson, Don #1 1 R01 0
Henderson, Herb #25 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Jones, Tom #21 11 R08-R16, SF, PF 5
Kent, Len #11 2 R01, R07 0
Kerr, John #1 14 R07-R18, SF, PF 19
King, Jack #31 8 R02-R09 0
Letcher, Ian #4 3 R09-R10, R14 0
Martin, Alan #19 16 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R17, PF 0
McCarthy, Ron #33 17 R02-R08, R11-R18, SF, PF 0
McRae, Frank #16 4 R01-R03, R08 0
Nuttall, Jack #26 1 R14 0
Ollington, Lionel #8 5 R14-R16, SF, PF 3
Porta, Ron #31 1 R09 0
Reynolds, Doug #28 4 R01, R05-R06, R17 1
Rogers, Allen #35 6 R03-R06, R08-R09 3
Ross, Don #9 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Scanlan, Bill #26 3 R01, R04, R18 0
Slater, Bob #4 2 R01-R02 3
Stevens, Harvey #32 17 R03-R07, R09-R18, SF, PF 14
Stockman, Ron #17 13 R01-R03, R06, R09-R11, R15-R18, SF, PF 0
Sutton, Charlie #6 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 12
Templeton, Bob #15 2 R01-R02 0
Thompson, Norm #15 2 R02, R10 0
Trusler, Alan #35 3 R18, SF, PF 4
Warren, Allen #20 18 R03-R18, SF, PF 1
White, Kevin #29 4 R07-R09, R11 0
Whitten, Ted #3 17 R01, R04-R16, R18, SF, PF 1

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)
Sutton, Charlie 19 13 -0- 6 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF
Donald, Wally 1 1 -0- 0 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 5 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
02/05/1953 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 41 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
09/05/1953 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 69 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
16/05/1953 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 45 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
23/05/1953 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 60 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
30/05/1953 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 24 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
06/06/1953 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 1 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
13/06/1953 Round 8 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
20/06/1953 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 29 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
27/06/1953 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 17 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
04/07/1953 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 16 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
11/07/1953 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 24 Wally Donald unknown
25/07/1953 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 20 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
01/08/1953 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 48 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
08/08/1953 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 37 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
15/08/1953 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 45 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
22/08/1953 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 61 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
29/08/1953 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 19 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
05/09/1953 Semi Final Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 8 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
19/09/1953 Preliminary Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton