1953 SANFL Season: North Adelaide
These are the details of the premiership results for North Adelaide for the 1953 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Prospect Oval as their home ground, playing seven matches there (seven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1953 SANFL Season
Team:
North Adelaide
Home Ground:
Prospect Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
5th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 49.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunden, John | #5, #4, ... | 4 | 0 | R01-02, R09, R11 |
| Blunden, Peter | #17, #8, ... | 12 | 9 | R05-12, R15-18 |
| Bryan, Peter | #21, #5 | 3 | 0 | R01, R04-05 |
| Carlson, Ron | #5 | 1 | 2 | R03 |
| Carroll, Keith | #4 | 15 | 13 | R02-06, R08, R10-18 |
| Crouch, Frank | #22 | 1 | 0 | R10 |
| Donisthorpe, John | #6 | 7 | 0 | R01-07 |
| Edwards, Barrie | #4 | 1 | 0 | R07 |
| Fuller, Geoff | #11, #6 | 14 | 5 | R01-02, R04-05, R09-18 |
| Galloway, Alan | #10, #17 | 11 | 0 | R06-09, R12-18 |
| Gilbourne, Don | #11 | 9 | 10 | R06-14 |
| Griffin, Lyle | #3 | 18 | 2 | R01-18 |
| Hancock, Stanley | #7, #10 | 14 | 1 | R01-07, R12-18 |
| Hewett, Ron | #8 | 17 | 7 | R01-11, R13-18 |
| Hill, Len | #7 | 2 | 0 | R17-18 |
| Huppatz, Brian | #17, #10, ... | 14 | 7 | R04-17 |
| Kennett, Paul | #9 | 18 | 13 | R01-18 |
| MacKenzie, Hubert | #21 | 12 | 14 | R04-08, R10-13, R16-18 |
| McCann, Neil | #15 | 18 | 0 | R01-18 |
| McKay, Ian | #1 | 15 | 4 | R01-03, R07-18 |
| McKenzie, Bill | #14 | 18 | 60 | R01-18 |
| Millsteed, Rex | #2 | 1 | 0 | R10 |
| Mullen, Bruce | #22 | 5 | 0 | R02-06 |
| Odgers, Allen | #17, #12, ... | 11 | 1 | R01-03, R05, R08-09, R11, R14-15, R17-18 |
| Phillips, Ron | #2 | 16 | 20 | R01-09, R12-18 |
| Proud, Bob | #16 | 18 | 35 | R01-18 |
| Stringer, Dean | #18 | 18 | 4 | R01-18 |
| Tanner, Colin | #19, #22 | 16 | 1 | R01-16 |
| Tidswell, John | #12 | 17 | 0 | R01-04, R06-18 |
| Vaughan, Jack | #4, #11 | 2 | 1 | R01, R03 |
| Way, Merv | #10, #7, ... | 14 | 0 | R01-04, R08-16, R18 |
| Weston, Lloyd | #20 | 18 | 0 | R01-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennetts, Lionel | 18 | 8 | -0- | 10 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/04/1953 | Round 1 | Port Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | PADL by 7 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 02/05/1953 | Round 2 | Norwood | AWAY | LOSS | NRWD by 33 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 09/05/1953 | Round 3 | West Torrens | HOME | LOSS | WTRN by 28 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 16/05/1953 | Round 4 | Glenelg | AWAY | LOSS | GLNG by 55 | Lionel Bennetts | unknown |
| 23/05/1953 | Round 5 | West Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | WADL by 8 | Lionel Bennetts | unknown |
| 30/05/1953 | Round 6 | South Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 43 | Lionel Bennetts | unknown |
| 06/06/1953 | Round 7 | Sturt | HOME | WIN | NADL by 30 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 13/06/1953 | Round 8 | Norwood | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 24 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 20/06/1953 | Round 9 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 43 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 27/06/1953 | Round 10 | Norwood | HOME | WIN | NADL by 16 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 04/07/1953 | Round 11 | West Torrens | AWAY | LOSS | WTRN by 58 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 25/07/1953 | Round 12 | Glenelg | HOME | WIN | NADL by 25 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 01/08/1953 | Round 13 | West Adelaide | HOME | WIN | NADL by 37 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 08/08/1953 | Round 14 | South Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | SADL by 3 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 15/08/1953 | Round 15 | Sturt | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 9 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 22/08/1953 | Round 16 | Port Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | PADL by 24 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 29/08/1953 | Round 17 | South Adelaide | HOME | WIN | NADL by 51 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |
| 05/09/1953 | Round 18 | Glenelg | HOME | LOSS | GLNG by 29 | Lionel Bennetts | Ian McKay |