1953 WANFL Season: West Perth

These are the details of the premiership results for West Perth for the 1953 season of the Western Australian National Football League (currently known as the West Australian Football League). The team used Leederville Oval as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by South Fremantle in the second semi final and defeating East Fremantle in the preliminary final, West Perth were defeated by South Fremantle in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1953 WANFL Season
Team: West Perth
Club: West Perth
Home Ground: Leederville Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 18-0-3, P%: 151.3)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Ashdown, Ken 21 0 R01-12, R14-16, R18-20, SF, PF, GF
Buttsworth, Fred 10 0 R04, R13-15, R17-20, PF, GF
Clarke, Kevin 18 0 R01-07, R10-12, R16-20, SF, PF, GF
Dufall, Syd 1 0 R13
Garland, Neil 16 0 R06-08, R10, R12, R14-21, SF, PF, GF
Gregory, Bill 21 0 R01-02, R05-19, R21, SF, PF, GF
Harman, Len 21 0 R01-06, R08-11, R13-18, R20-21, SF, PF, GF
Heal, Stan 1 0 R13
Hoft, Leslie 7 0 R01, R05-10
Humphries, Brian 23 0 R01-06, R08-21, SF, PF, GF
Kershaw, Ted 21 0 R01-12, R14-15, R17-21, PF, GF
Marinko, Don 22 0 R01-06, R08-12, R14-21, SF, PF, GF
McNamara, Laurie 22 0 R01-07, R09-12, R14-21, SF, PF, GF
Pozzi, Guido 9 0 R03-09, R11-12
Price, Wally 22 0 R01-12, R15-21, SF, PF, GF
Schofield, Ray 22 0 R01-12, R14-21, SF, PF
Schofield, Trevor 21 0 R01-04, R06-13, R15-18, R20-21, SF, PF, GF
Scott, Ray 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Wylde, Eddie 16 0 R01-07, R13-15, R17-18, R21, SF, PF, GF
Yaksich, Tony 21 0 R01-04, R07-21, SF, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
25/04/1953 Round 1 South Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 4 unknown unknown
02/05/1953 Round 2 East Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 64 unknown unknown
09/05/1953 Round 3 Perth AWAY WIN WPTH by 19 unknown unknown
16/05/1953 Round 4 Claremont AWAY WIN WPTH by 1 unknown unknown
23/05/1953 Round 5 Subiaco HOME LOSS SUBI by 2 unknown unknown
30/05/1953 Round 6 Swan Districts AWAY WIN WPTH by 53 unknown unknown
02/06/1953 Round 7 East Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 89 unknown unknown
06/06/1953 Round 8 South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 51 unknown unknown
13/06/1953 Round 9 East Perth AWAY WIN WPTH by 55 unknown unknown
20/06/1953 Round 10 Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 47 unknown unknown
27/06/1953 Round 11 Claremont HOME WIN WPTH by 41 unknown unknown
04/07/1953 Round 12 Subiaco HOME WIN WPTH by 76 unknown unknown
18/07/1953 Round 13 Swan Districts HOME WIN WPTH by 47 unknown unknown
25/07/1953 Round 14 East Fremantle AWAY WIN WPTH by 32 unknown unknown
01/08/1953 Round 15 South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 46 unknown unknown
08/08/1953 Round 16 East Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 18 unknown unknown
15/08/1953 Round 17 Perth AWAY WIN WPTH by 114 unknown unknown
22/08/1953 Round 18 Claremont HOME WIN WPTH by 51 unknown unknown
29/08/1953 Round 19 Subiaco AWAY WIN WPTH by 85 unknown unknown
05/09/1953 Round 20 Swan Districts AWAY WIN WPTH by 46 unknown unknown
12/09/1953 Round 21 East Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 40 unknown unknown
26/09/1953 Semi Final South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 11 unknown unknown
03/10/1953 Preliminary Final East Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 52 unknown unknown
10/10/1953 Grand Final South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 59 unknown unknown