1953 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 68.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Ted Fletcher, Neil Pearson (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kevin Coghlan (19)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Ted Fletcher

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Fletcher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allsop, Tom #4 15 R02-R03, R06-R18 16
Atkins, Mack #20 9 R04-R07, R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 3
Black, Norm #22 1 R02 0
Cash, Pat #5 8 R01-R08 9
Charleston, Peter #17 4 R01-R02, R10-R11 0
Chown, Alf #19 12 R01, R05-R12, R15-R17 3
Coghlan, Kevin #6 15 R01-R14, R16 19
Collins, Bill #34 17 R01-R17 12
Considine, Bernie #2 3 R01, R03-R04 2
Considine, Maurie #28 16 R01-R05, R07-R12, R14-R18 1
Crane, Len #14 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Douglas, Jack #31 5 R02-R04, R12-R13 0
Edwards, George #26 2 R01-R02 1
Egerton, Ian #32 15 R03-R16, R18 4
Fletcher, Ted #1 18 R01-R18 8
Hughes, Alf #12 16 R03-R18 0
Hughes, Peter #11 10 R09-R18 1
Jose, Max #26 4 R14-R16, R18 2
Kanis, Peter #18 5 R02-R06 0
Kennedy, John #10 18 R01-R18 5
MacDonald, Jack #21 3 R01-R02, R05 2
Maginness, Norm #35 5 R14-R18 0
Marr, Jack #24 10 R01-R02, R06-R07, R09-R13, R18 5
Mathers, Ian #33 2 R17-R18 0
McCann, Ian #9 5 R03-R06, R17 3
McCashney, John #23 2 R03-R04 0
Nash, Wally #29 5 R03-R07 5
O'Brien, Phil #15 12 R01-R02, R08-R13, R15-R18 6
O'Mahoney, John #3 18 R01-R18 12
Pearson, Neil #7 13 R01-R11, R13-R14 1
Peck, Graham #25 9 R01, R08-R09, R13-R18 0
Philp, Clive #8 18 R01-R18 0
Robison, Jim #13 6 R05-R08, R12-R13 0
Simmonds, Roy #27 16 R01, R04-R18 7
White, Keith #21 11 R08-R18 7
Wilkinson, Lance #16 15 R01-R03, R07-R18 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)
Hale, Jack 18 3 -0- 15 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 49 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
02/05/1953 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 35 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
09/05/1953 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 69 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
16/05/1953 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 10 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
23/05/1953 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 70 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
30/05/1953 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 20 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
06/06/1953 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 16 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
13/06/1953 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 18 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
20/06/1953 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 23 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
27/06/1953 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 28 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
04/07/1953 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 34 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
11/07/1953 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 24 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
25/07/1953 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 29 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
01/08/1953 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 48 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
08/08/1953 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 8 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
15/08/1953 Round 16 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 16 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
22/08/1953 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 42 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
29/08/1953 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 20 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher