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1953 Thirds season

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

WDL%P
Melbourne 1402175.356
Footscray 1213148.650
Collingwood 1204134.648
Essendon 1015162.442
Fitzroy 916127.238
Geelong90786.736
Carlton709100.728
South Melbourne61991.226
North Melbourne501196.220
Richmond501182.220
Hawthorn401255.016
St Kilda101538.64

Notes
St Kilda's Round 11 score is also shown as 1.5