1953 VFL Grand Final

Geelong	Collingwood
8.17 (65)	11.11 (77)

	1	2	3	4
GEE	2.3 (15)	3.9 (27)	5.11 (41)	8.17 (65)
COL	2.4 (16)	5.6 (36)	10.10 (70)	11.11 (77)

Date

26 September 1953

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

89,149

← 1952

VFL Grand Final

1954 →

The 1953 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 September 1953. It was the 57th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1953 VFL season. The match, attended by 89,149 spectators, was won by Collingwood by 12 points, the club's 12th premiership victory.

This was the third successive Grand Final appearance for the Cats, who were attempting to win three successive flags after having defeated Essendon in the 1951 VFL Grand Final and Collingwood in the 1952 VFL Grand Final. Collingwood had not won a premiership since winning the 1936 VFL Grand Final.

In round 14 of the 1953 season, Collingwood defeated Geelong to end their record 23 game winning streak (26 games unbeaten). Collingwood won again when the sides battled in the Semi Final, and in the Grand Final defeated Geelong for the third time in the year. Geelong had the better of the final quarter, but inaccuracy cost them.

Collingwood's full-back Jack Hamilton and Geelong's dual premiership player Russell Middlemiss missed the game through injury.

It would not be until another 58 years that these two teams would meet each other again in the Grand Final (which Geelong won).

Teams

Bob Rose

Collingwood
B:	Lerrel Sharp	Jack Finck	Arthur Gooch
HB:	Jack Parker	Neville Waller	Ron Kingston
C:	Des Healey	Bill Twomey, Jr.	Ron Richards
HF:	Pat Twomey	Terry Waites	Thorold Merrett
F:	Mick Twomey	Keith Batchelor	Lou Richards (c)
Foll:	Neil Mann	Bill Rose	Bob Rose
Reserve(s):	Murray Weideman	George Hams
Coach:	Phonse Kyne

Geelong
B:	Bernie Smith	Bruce Morrison	Harry Herbert
HB:	Sid Smith	John Hyde	Geoff Williams
C:	Les Reed	Leo Turner	Bert Worner
HF:	Noel Rayson	Fred Flanagan (c)	Bob Davis
F:	George Swarbrick	Russell Renfrey	Neil Trezise
Foll:	Bill McMaster	Norm Sharp	Peter Pianto
Reserve(s):	Doug Palmer	Ron Hovey
Coach:	Reg Hickey

Statistics

Goalkickers

Collingwood

Batchelor 4
Bob Rose 3
Healey 2
L. Richards 1
M. Twomey 1

Geelong

Davis 3
Rayson 2
Hovey 1
McMaster 1
Trezise 1

Attendance

MCG crowd – 89,149

References

1953 Grand Final page on AFL Tables
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

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Collingwood Football Club 1953 VFL premiers

Collingwood 11.11 (77) defeated Geelong 8.17 (65), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. L. Richards (c) 2. Mann 4. Batchelor 5. Finck 7. Hams 9. Kingston 10. Waites 12. Healey 17. Merrett 14. Gooch 16. Weideman 18. Parker 20. R. Richards 22. B. Rose 25. M. Twomey 26. B. Twomey 27. P. Twomey 29. Sharp 31. Waller 33. W. Rose

Coach: Kyne

Collingwood Football Club

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