1953 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 68.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Keith Drinan (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Bennett (36)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Keith Drinan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Drinan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, Peter #27 15 R01-R15 36
Bland, Dave #19 4 R01-R02, R05, R12 3
Callow, Allan 1 R18 0
Cockfield, Ken #32 8 R08-R13, R17-R18 0
Davidson, Irving #14 8 R10-R11, R13-R18 0
Davies, Harold #12 14 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16 9
Drinan, Keith #25 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 0
Eley, Jim #35 4 R08-R10, R17 0
Gleeson, Brian #30 11 R01, R04, R06-R07, R11-R16, R18 8
Greenshields, Allan #5 6 R01-R05, R12 0
Hartigan, Jack #22 4 R15-R18 3
Hibbins, Geoff #24 16 R01-R10, R12, R14-R18 2
Houston, Ray #3 10 R01-R08, R16-R17 2
Howell, Don #21 6 R13-R18 3
Hurst, Arthur #15 14 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R16 4
Le Nepveu, Allan #6 9 R02-R07, R10, R12-R13 1
Linger, Bill #18 18 R01-R18 12
Linney, Neville #1 12 R02-R11, R14-R15 0
McDonald, Jack #2 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 6
McLennan, Bruce #31 13 R04-R05, R08-R18 6
Milnes, Brian #22 4 R11, R16-R18 1
Minihan, Graham #11 2 R07-R08 0
Mollar, Max #29 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 0
Mulhall, Ken #4 16 R02-R16, R18 6
Myers, Bob #16 2 R17-R18 0
Pearson, Ian #9 6 R01-R03, R06-R07, R14 2
Phillips, Bruce #14 16 R01-R09, R11, R13-R18 0
Read, Chester #11 1 R01 0
Roberts, Neil #10 14 R01-R03, R07-R13, R15-R18 17
Ross, Jim #20 16 R01-R03, R06-R18 18
Smith, Ivor #28 2 R07-R08 0
Squire, Alan #7 13 R03-R06, R09-R15, R17-R18 0
Turner, Geoff #23 11 R01-R08, R15-R17 1
Wandin, Jim #16 6 R01, R09-R13 0
Watt, Bob #26 16 R01-R09, R11-R14, R16-R18 4
Woinarski, Brian #8 11 R04-R06, R09-R16 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)
Williamson, Col 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1953 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 48 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
02/05/1953 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN STK by 35 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
09/05/1953 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 64 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
16/05/1953 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN STK by 18 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
23/05/1953 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 9 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
30/05/1953 Round 6 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 24 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
06/06/1953 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 71 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
13/06/1953 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 75 Col Williamson unknown
20/06/1953 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 16 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
27/06/1953 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 23 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
04/07/1953 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 4 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
18/07/1953 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 85 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
25/07/1953 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN STK by 29 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
01/08/1953 Round 14 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 35 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
08/08/1953 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 14 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
15/08/1953 Round 16 Carlton HOME WIN STK by 5 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
22/08/1953 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 61 Col Williamson Keith Drinan
29/08/1953 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 62 Col Williamson Keith Drinan