1953 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 3-1-14, P%: 80.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Denis Cordner (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob McKenzie (38)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Ken Melville

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Denis Cordner
Vice-Captain(s): Noel McMahen

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Frank #41 4 R14-R17 5
Albiston, Ken #6 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 11
Anderson, Dale #32 6 R01-R02, R04, R16-R18 14
Arnold, Lance #29 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Baker, Noel #21 2 R05-R06 0
Barassi, Ron #31 6 R04, R11-R13, R16, R18 0
Beckwith, John #30 16 R01-R15, R18 0
Bull, Tony #29 4 R13-R15, R17 1
Cameron, Don #8 2 R02-R03 1
Carroll, Keith #19 6 R05-R10 0
Case, Geoff #7 12 R05-R13, R15-R16, R18 0
Christie, Ken #4 18 R01-R18 2
Clarke, Noel #26 15 R01-R11, R15-R18 6
Constable, Bob #40 3 R11-R13 1
Cordner, Denis #1 18 R01-R18 15
Ferguson, John #22 3 R16-R18 0
Gleeson, Terry #28 2 R10, R14 0
Gloury, Leigh #23 9 R01, R03, R05, R08-R09, R12-R15 1
Krause, Alan #13 3 R01-R03 1
Lane, Ralph #34 13 R06-R18 2
Marquis, Peter #3 17 R01, R03-R18 1
McGivern, Geoff #17 18 R01-R18 13
McKenzie, Bob #2 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 38
McKenzie, Ron #43 1 R12 0
McLean, Ian #5 9 R01-R03, R13-R18 0
McMahen, Noel #35 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0
Melville, Ken #38 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 0
Morrow, Bill #24 6 R02-R05, R07, R12 4
Orr, Max #9 2 R01-R02 0
Paynter, Nevin #18 7 R01-R04, R07-R08, R11 0
Reeves, Maurie #39 10 R02-R04, R06-R12 4
Schofield, Peter #11 6 R10-R15 14
Spencer, Stuart #12 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 10
Thomson, Jack #33 15 R01-R07, R09, R12-R18 7
Whitaker, Neil #27 1 R17 0
Williams, Don #25 16 R03-R18 0
Wilson, Jim #11 2 R01, R12 2
Woods, Mike #37 7 R04-R10 4

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)
Smith, Norm 18 3 -1- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 6 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
02/05/1953 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 31 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
09/05/1953 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 1 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
16/05/1953 Round 4 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 45 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
23/05/1953 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
30/05/1953 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 10 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
06/06/1953 Round 7 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 24 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
13/06/1953 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 6 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
20/06/1953 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 15 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
27/06/1953 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 28 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
04/07/1953 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 4 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
11/07/1953 Round 12 Richmond HOME DRAW drawn Norm Smith Denis Cordner
25/07/1953 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 26 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
01/08/1953 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 3 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
08/08/1953 Round 15 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 37 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
15/08/1953 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 25 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
22/08/1953 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
29/08/1953 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 54 Norm Smith Denis Cordner