1953 VFA season explained

Competition:VFA Premiership season
Year:1953 VFA
Teams:14
Premiers:Port Melbourne
Count:7
Minor Premiers:Port Melbourne
Mpcount:5
Prevseason:1952
Nextseason:1954

The 1953 Victorian Football Association season was the 72nd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Yarraville by 60 points in the Grand Final on 3 October. It was Port Melbourne's seventh VFA premiership, and it was the only premiership that the club won during a sequence of eight consecutive Grand Finals played from 1950 until 1957, and five consecutive minor premierships won from 1951 until 1955.

Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Finals

Awards

Notable events

Adelaide Carnival

The Association competed in the 1953 Adelaide Carnival, and finished in fourth place with a record of 1–3. Two Association players were named in the inaugural All-Australian team, which was named based on performances at the carnival: Frank Johnson and Ted Henrys.[3]

Other notable events

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 7 September 1953. Jack Dunn. 24. Prahran takes 4th place from Coburg.
  2. News: The Sun News-Pictorial. 10 September 1953. Henrys, Preston, wins J. J. Liston Trophy. 28. Melbourne.
  3. News: The Sun News-Pictorial. 20 July 1953. National line-uplacks balance. 23. Melbourne. Kevin Hogan.
  4. News: The Argus. 6 June 1951. And what a record!. 12. Melbourne. Ron Carter.
  5. Web site: Jim Mahoney. 10 August 2013. Australian Football League Umpires Association. 2013.
  6. News: The Sun News-Pictorial. Yarraville wins way to first V.F.A. semi-final. Gavin Cook. 25. 8 September 1952. Melbourne.
  7. News: The Argus. Melbourne. 3 March 1953. Oakleigh to play Port at Wagga. 8.
  8. News: The Argus. Melbourne. 18 May 1953. Oakleigh down by 18 pts.. 11.
  9. News: The Argus. Melbourne. 5 December 1952. 10. V.F.A. plans unique game. Dave Andersen.
  10. News: The Argus. Melbourne. 3 June 1953. 10. VFA North men finish too well. Dave Andersen.
  11. News: The Canberra Times. Canberra, ACT. Vote granted to Football Association. 4. 8 July 1953.
  12. News: The Sun News-Pictorial. Third VFA team to play as amateurs. Jack Dunn. 28. 17 July 1953. Melbourne.
  13. The Age, "Appeal For Box Hill Footballer", 10 September 1953, p. 16
  14. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Stars aid appeal. 12. 24 September 1953.
  15. News: The Age. Melbourne. Big crowd at charity game. 8. 25 September 1953.