1953 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 3-1-14, P%: 81.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Des Rowe (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Branton (22)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Havel Rowe

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Des Rowe

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Audas, Pat #34 6 R02, R04-R05, R14-R16 5
Betson, Kevin #5 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 1
Boland, Brian #9 5 R05-R08, R14 0
Branton, Ron #29 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 22
Brewer, Lloyd #21 3 R11-R13 1
Cations, Allan #33 15 R01-R10, R14-R18 2
Clarke, Fred #17 4 R01-R03, R05 0
Collins, Gerry #27 5 R06-R09, R18 0
Cooke, Allan #7 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 11
Coppock, Kevin #30 2 R01, R04 0
Cox, Graham #37 10 R01-R04, R09-R14 5
Davie, Brian #35 15 R02-R10, R12-R16, R18 15
Dillon, Kevin #31 18 R01-R18 0
Dunin, Frank #23 8 R11-R18 9
Ednie, Ray #23 2 R01-R02 1
Fisher, Reg #20 4 R11-R13, R15 2
Geard, Rex #36 3 R04-R05, R10 0
Gibb, Ray #23 1 R05 0
Gleeson, Kevin #16 1 R06 0
Green, Bill #10 7 R01-R03, R06-R09 0
Hafey, Tom #18 12 R06-R17 8
Hall, Reg #26 1 R17 0
Hoare, Gavin #38 3 R09-R10, R12 1
Hogan, Kevin #12 6 R13-R18 7
Morcom, Stan #22 7 R03-R05, R07-R08, R16-R17 0
Nix, John #1 8 R01-R06, R17-R18 3
Oppy, Max #14 18 R01-R18 0
O'Rourke, Jack #4 5 R03-R04, R10-R12 14
Patterson, Jeff #25 13 R06-R18 4
Poulter, Ray #24 12 R01-R05, R07-R10, R12-R13, R17 19
Ritchie, John #30 9 R06-R07, R11, R13-R18 1
Rowe, Des #15 18 R01-R18 0
Rowe, Havel #3 18 R01-R18 3
Ryan, Frank #8 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 2
Schofield, Peter #11 2 R01, R09 0
Slater, Frank #16 4 R10-R12, R18 0
Spring, Geoff #19 18 R01-R18 8
Vandersluys, Stan #6 3 R08-R09, R11 0
Walsh, Gerry #28 1 R04 0
Wilson, Bill #32 15 R01-R11, R14-R16, R18 12
Wright, Roy #2 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 14

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)
Pannam, Alby 18 3 -1- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 6 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
02/05/1953 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
09/05/1953 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
16/05/1953 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 18 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
23/05/1953 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 54 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
30/05/1953 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
06/06/1953 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 36 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
13/06/1953 Round 8 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
20/06/1953 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
27/06/1953 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 29 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
04/07/1953 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 34 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
11/07/1953 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Alby Pannam Des Rowe
25/07/1953 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 5 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
01/08/1953 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 27 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
08/08/1953 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 14 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
15/08/1953 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 69 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
22/08/1953 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 14 Alby Pannam Des Rowe
29/08/1953 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 41 Alby Pannam Des Rowe