1953 VFL Season
The complete 1953 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Collingwooddef. Geelong
Collingwood won the 1953 VFL premiership, defeating Geelong in the Grand Final. Geelong had finished on top of the home-and-away ladder as minor premiers.
12 teams contested the season. The 4th-placed cut-off sent Geelong, Collingwood, Footscray and Essendon into the finals. Hawthorn finished last with 3 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geelong | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1546 | 1079 | 143.3 | 60 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1518 | 1229 | 123.5 | 56 |
| 3 | Footscray | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1309 | 959 | 136.5 | 52 |
| 4 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1529 | 1177 | 129.9 | 52 |
| 5 | Carlton | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1409 | 1310 | 107.6 | 40 |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1208 | 1421 | 85.0 | 40 |
| 7 | North Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1388 | 1287 | 107.8 | 36 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1385 | 1323 | 104.7 | 36 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1065 | 1561 | 68.2 | 20 |
| 10 | Richmond | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1220 | 1501 | 81.3 | 14 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1137 | 1420 | 80.1 | 14 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 974 | 1421 | 68.5 | 12 |
Top 4 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
112 matches