1953 Thirds season | Demonwiki (original) (raw)
Best and Fairest - Graham Herring
Leading Goalkicker - Jeff Crouch (42 goals)
Matches
Round 1 - Saturday 18 April
Melbourne 8.21 d. Richmond 6.11
Round 2- Saturday 2 May
Melbourne 15.11 d. Carlton 7.13
Round 3 - Saturday 9 May
Melbourne 10.6 d. North Melbourne 6.8
Round 4 - Saturday 16 May
Footscray 10.6 d. Melbourne 8.6
Round 5 - Saturday 23 May
Essendon 6.9 d. Melbourne 6.3
Round 6 - Saturday 30 May
Melbourne 10.9 d. Fitzroy 5.3
Round 7 - Saturday 6 June
Melbourne 12.16 d. Geelong 3.4
Round 8 - Saturday 13 June
Melbourne 7.7.49 d. South Melbourne 6.6.42
Round 9 - Saturday 20 June
Melbourne 10.7 d. Collingwood 4.3
Round 10 - Saturday 27 June
Melbourne 9.12 d. Hawthorn 1.1
Round 11 - Saturday 4 July
Melbourne 17.18 d. St Kilda 1.6
Round 12 - Saturday 11 July
Melbourne 14.16 d. Richmond 7.2
Round 13 - Saturday 25 July
Melbourne 17.9 d. Carlton 14.11
Round 14 - Saturday 1 August
Melbourne 5.9 d. North Melbourne 3.4
Round 15 - Saturday 8 August
Melbourne 8.7 d. Footscray 8.3
Round 16
Essendon 5.2 d. Melbourne 4.12
Semi Final
Melbourne 7.9.51 d. Footscray 5.7.37
Goals - Webster 3, Rickards 3, Atkinson 1
Best - Herring, Mountain, Dunkerley
Grand Final - Saturday 5 September
Melbourne 3.6.24 d. Essendon 1.5.11
Goals - Webster 1, Rickards 1, Mountain 1
Best - Profitt, Webster, Waldron
Ladder
| W | D | L | % | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 2 | 175.3 | 56 |
| Footscray | 12 | 1 | 3 | 148.6 | 50 |
| Collingwood | 12 | 0 | 4 | 134.6 | 48 |
| Essendon | 10 | 1 | 5 | 162.4 | 42 |
| Fitzroy | 9 | 1 | 6 | 127.2 | 38 |
| Geelong | 9 | 0 | 7 | 86.7 | 36 |
| Carlton | 7 | 0 | 9 | 100.7 | 28 |
| South Melbourne | 6 | 1 | 9 | 91.2 | 26 |
| North Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 11 | 96.2 | 20 |
| Richmond | 5 | 0 | 11 | 82.2 | 20 |
| Hawthorn | 4 | 0 | 12 | 55.0 | 16 |
| St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 15 | 38.6 | 4 |
Notes
St Kilda's Round 11 score is also shown as 1.5