New South Wales Australian National Football League
Season 1953
Results
Round 1
11/04/1953 (Sat) Newtown 22-17-149 South Sydney 11-11-77 Venue: Trumper Park
11/04/1953 (Sat) St. George 17-19-121 Balmain 8-7-55 Venue: Concord Oval
11/04/1953 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 29-25-199 Sydney University 3-6-24 Venue: Waverley Oval
12/04/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 16-24-120 North Shore 12-8-80 Venue: Trumper Park
12/04/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 12-16-88 Sydney 10-26-86 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 2
18/04/1953 (Sat) Sydney University 8-16-64 Balmain 9-14-68 Venue: Trumper Park
18/04/1953 (Sat) St. George 13-15-93 South Sydney 17-18-120 Venue: Hurstville Oval
18/04/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 10-17-77 Newtown 11-13-79 Venue: Concord Oval
19/04/1953 (Sun) North Shore 10-15-75 Sydney 12-8-80 Venue: Trumper Park
19/04/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 7-3-45 Eastern Suburbs 27-21-183 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 3
25/04/1953 (Sat) South Sydney 28-17-185 Sydney University 9-16-70 Venue: Trumper Park
25/04/1953 (Sat) Sydney 10-6-66 St. George 19-25-139 Venue: Erskineville Oval
25/04/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 15-16-106 Balmain 9-11-65 Venue: Concord Oval
26/04/1953 (Sun) Newtown 6-10-46 Eastern Suburbs 19-16-130 Venue: Trumper Park
26/04/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 8-18-66 North Shore 7-9-51 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 4
02/05/1953 (Sat) St. George 14-13-97 North Shore 6-8-44 Venue: Hurstville Oval
02/05/1953 (Sat) Newtown 14-15-99 Sydney University 1-6-12 Venue: Concord Oval
02/05/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 20-23-143 Sydney 2-3-15 Venue: Trumper Park
02/05/1953 (Sat) Liverpool 7-13-55 Balmain 3-0-18 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Balmain was leading 8-10-58 to 7-13-55 with about 10 minutes to play, when their score was reduced to zero because they had 19 players on the field (Truth article; Daily Telegraph article).
A protest by Balmain was dismissed on 6-5-1953 (SMH article).
13/06/1953 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 23-18-156 South Sydney 5-9-39 Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
Played as a curtain raiser to the SANFL premiership fixture Norwood vs. North Adelaide.
Originally scheduled for 3/5/1953, but the Trumper Park curator refused to allow the game to go ahead due to wet conditions.
Round 5
09/05/1953 (Sat) North Shore 11-11-77 Sydney University 10-13-73 Venue: Concord Oval
09/05/1953 (Sat) St. George 18-12-120 Eastern Suburbs 14-10-94 Venue: Hurstville Oval
09/05/1953 (Sat) Sydney 10-8-68 Balmain 10-14-74 Venue: Trumper Park
10/05/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 12-6-78 South Sydney 6-18-54 Venue: Trumper Park
10/05/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 7-12-54 Newtown 20-12-132 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 6
16/05/1953 (Sat) Sydney 7-14-56 Sydney University 16-9-105 Venue: Trumper Park
16/05/1953 (Sat) Newtown 17-12-114 St. George 11-9-75 Venue: Erskineville Oval
16/05/1953 (Sat) North Shore 13-15-93 Balmain 10-11-71 Venue: Concord Oval
17/05/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 4-8-32 Eastern Suburbs 10-14-74 Venue: Trumper Park
17/05/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 9-8-62 South Sydney 11-16-82 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 7
23/05/1953 (Sat) Sydney 6-9-45 South Sydney 14-19-103 Venue: Trumper Park
23/05/1953 (Sat) Liverpool 7-8-50 St. George 17-19-121 Venue: Erskineville Oval
23/05/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 20-21-141 Sydney University 4-2-26 Venue: Concord Oval
23/05/1953 (Sat) North Shore 10-16-76 Newtown 12-14-86 Venue: North Sydney Oval
24/05/1953 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 15-19-109 Balmain 5-6-36 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 8
30/05/1953 (Sat) Balmain 11-8-74 South Sydney 12-22-94 Venue: Concord Oval
30/05/1953 (Sat) Newtown 15-16-106 Sydney 11-7-73 Venue: Erskineville Oval
30/05/1953 (Sat) North Shore 8-9-57 Eastern Suburbs 15-16-106 Venue: Trumper Park
31/05/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 9-6-60 St. George 14-14-98 Venue: Trumper Park
31/05/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 9-12-66 Sydney University 6-6-42 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 9
02/06/1953 (Tue) North Shore 7-9-51 South Sydney 11-10-76 Venue: Trumper Park
02/06/1953 (Tue) Eastern Suburbs 19-18-132 Sydney 4-9-33 Venue: Waverley Oval
02/06/1953 (Tue) St. George 28-18-186 Sydney University 9-5-59 Venue: Hurstville Oval
02/06/1953 (Tue) Newtown 16-26-122 Balmain 4-5-29 Venue: Erskineville Oval
02/06/1953 (Tue) Western Suburbs 13-17-95 Liverpool 12-10-82 Venue: Concord Oval
Round 10
06/06/1953 (Sat) Liverpool 10-18-78 Sydney 11-10-76 Venue: Trumper Park
06/06/1953 (Sat) St. George 20-12-132 Balmain 16-14-110 Venue: Hurstville Oval
06/06/1953 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 20-24-144 Sydney University 6-7-43 Venue: Waverley Oval
06/06/1953 (Sat) North Shore 11-9-75 Western Suburbs 10-8-68 Venue: Concord Oval
07/06/1953 (Sun) Newtown 14-14-98 South Sydney 3-12-30 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 11
20/06/1953 (Sat) North Shore 14-13-97 Sydney 6-6-42 Venue: Trumper Park
20/06/1953 (Sat) St. George 12-8-80 South Sydney 8-11-59 Venue: Hurstville Oval
20/06/1953 (Sat) Balmain 7-15-57 Sydney University 7-8-50 Venue: Concord Oval
21/06/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 8-19-67 Newtown 12-14-86 Venue: Trumper Park
21/06/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 9-4-58 Eastern Suburbs 14-13-97 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 12
27/06/1953 (Sat) South Sydney 11-14-80 Sydney University 6-6-42 Venue: Waverley Oval
27/06/1953 (Sat) Sydney 13-13-91 St. George 22-16-148 Venue: Trumper Park
27/06/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 19-23-137 Balmain 2-10-22 Venue: Concord Oval
28/06/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 4-5-29 North Shore 11-1-67 Venue: Liverpool Showground
28/06/1953 (Sun) Newtown 11-3-69 Eastern Suburbs 14-21-105 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 13
04/07/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 13-22-100 Sydney 5-12-42 Venue: Concord Oval
04/07/1953 (Sat) Newtown 7-17-59 Sydney University 4-7-31 Venue: Erskineville Oval
04/07/1953 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 11-11-77 South Sydney 3-15-33 Venue: Trumper Park
04/07/1953 (Sat) St. George 14-6-90 North Shore 14-12-96 Venue: Hurstville Oval
05/07/1953 (Sun) Balmain 9-11-65 Liverpool 19-8-122 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 14
11/07/1953 (Sat) Western Suburbs 11-14-80 South Sydney 15-6-96 Venue: Concord Oval
11/07/1953 (Sat) Newtown 21-15-141 Liverpool 5-8-38 Venue: Erskineville Oval
11/07/1953 (Sat) Sydney 11-14-80 Balmain 3-7-25 Venue: Trumper Park
11/07/1953 (Sat) North Shore 11-18-84 Sydney University 8-3-51 Venue: Waverley Oval
12/07/1953 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 15-20-110 St. George 13-6-84 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 15
18/07/1953 (Sat) Sydney 11-14-80 Sydney University 10-12-72 Venue: Trumper Park
18/07/1953 (Sat) North Shore 14-25-109 Balmain 9-8-62 Venue: Concord Oval
18/07/1953 (Sat) St. George 12-21-93 Newtown 12-18-90 Venue: Hurstville Oval
19/07/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 10-6-66 South Sydney 8-14-62 Venue: Liverpool Showground
19/07/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 13-12-90 Eastern Suburbs 14-16-100 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 16
25/07/1953 (Sat) Sydney 8-6-54 South Sydney 6-17-53 Venue: Trumper Park
25/07/1953 (Sat) St. George 10-17-77 Liverpool 8-7-55 Venue: Erskineville Oval
25/07/1953 (Sat) Eastern Suburbs 23-14-152 Balmain 4-3-27 Venue: Waverley Oval
26/07/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 15-22-112 Sydney University 4-6-30 Venue: Liverpool Showground
26/07/1953 (Sun) Newtown 11-15-81 North Shore 9-15-69 Venue: Trumper Park
Round 17
01/08/1953 (Sat) North Shore 12-7-79 Eastern Suburbs 17-28-130 Venue: Trumper Park
01/08/1953 (Sat) Newtown 16-19-115 Sydney 13-6-84 Venue: Erskineville Oval
01/08/1953 (Sat) South Sydney 22-20-152 Balmain 8-7-55 Venue: Concord Oval
02/08/1953 (Sun) Western Suburbs 14-17-101 St. George 18-19-127 Venue: Trumper Park
02/08/1953 (Sun) Liverpool 9-6-60 Sydney University 4-8-32 Venue: Liverpool Showground
Round 18
08/08/1953 (Sat) Sydney 6-9-45 Eastern Suburbs 27-25-187 Venue: Trumper Park
08/08/1953 (Sat) St. George 21-19-145 Sydney University 9-12-66 Venue: Hurstville Oval
08/08/1953 (Sat) Liverpool 7-10-52 Western Suburbs 24-25-169 Venue: Concord Oval
08/08/1953 (Sat) Newtown 25-29-179 Balmain 2-6-18 Venue: Erskineville Oval
09/08/1953 (Sun) North Shore 11-19-85 South Sydney 12-16-88 Venue: Trumper Park
Final ladder
|
1953 |
Club |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
For |
Against |
% |
Points |
|
1 |
Eastern Suburbs |
18 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
2285 |
960 |
238.02 |
68 |
|
2 |
Newtown |
18 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
1851 |
1138 |
162.65 |
60 |
|
3 |
St. George |
18 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
2026 |
1440 |
140.69 |
56 |
|
4 |
Western Suburbs |
18 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
1776 |
1203 |
147.63 |
40 |
|
5 |
South Sydney |
18 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
1483 |
1415 |
104.81 |
40 |
|
6 |
North Shore |
18 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
1365 |
1416 |
96.40 |
32 |
|
7 |
Liverpool |
18 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
1126 |
1596 |
70.55 |
32 |
|
8 |
Sydney |
18 |
4 |
14 |
0 |
1116 |
1840 |
60.65 |
16 |
|
9 |
Balmain |
18 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
931 |
1945 |
47.87 |
12 |
|
10 |
Sydney University |
18 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
892 |
1898 |
47.00 |
4 |
|
|
Total |
180 |
90 |
90 |
0 |
14851 |
14851 |
|
360 |
Finals matches
First Semi-Final
16/08/1953 (Sun) St. George 8-12-60 Western Suburbs 12-11-83 Venue: Trumper Park
Second Semi-Final
23/08/1953 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 18-18-126 Newtown 8-15-63 Venue: Trumper Park
Preliminary Final
30/08/1953 (Sun) Newtown 13-12-90 Western Suburbs 14-14-98 Venue: Trumper Park
Grand Final
06/09/1953 (Sun) Eastern Suburbs 21-22-148 Western Suburbs 15-12-102 Venue: Trumper Park
1953 premiers: Eastern Suburbs
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