Australia 1953


State Leagues 1953

New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia


New South Wales 1953

South State Premiership

Final Table:

 1. Granville                18  10  6  2  40-20  26  NSW State Finals
 2. Leichhardt Annandale     18  11  3  4  44-28  25  NSW State Finals
 3. Auburn                   18  10  3  5  44-26  23  Playoff
 4. Corrimal Rangers         18  10  3  5  44-36  23  Playoff
 5. Bankstown                18   9  5  4  39-26  23  Playoff
 6. Canterbury-Marrickville  18   6  6  6  39-39  18
 7. Gladesville Ryde         18   4  6  8  29-30  14
 8. Woonona-Bulli            18   4  2 12  28-55  10
 9. Balgownie Rangers        18   3  3 12  22-37   9
10. North Shore              18   4  1 13  24-56   9

Playoff against Fifth Place 
Auburn                      5-1 Bankstown     
Corrimal Rangers            5-1 Bankstown     

North State Premiership

Final Table:

 1. East Lakes               18  11  5  2  56-28  27  NSW State Finals
 2. Wallsend                 18  11  4  3  51-34  26  NSW State Finals
 3. Cessnock                 18   9  4  5  52-36  22  NSW State Finals
 4. Lake Macquarie           18   6  7  5  36-34  19  Playoff
 5. West Wallsend            18   7  5  6  40-32  19  Playoff
 6. Cardiff                  18   7  5  6  44-43  19  Playoff
 7. Mayfield United          18   7  4  7  38-36  18
 8. Weston                   18   4  5  9  39-55  13
 9. Adamstown Rosebud        18   3  6  9  32-44  12
10. Greta Austral            18   1  3 14  29-75   5

Playoff Fourth Place 
Lake Macquarie              4-2 Cardiff         
Lake Macquarie              3-2 West Wallsend  

NSW State Finals

Quarterfinals
East Lakes                  2-2 Cessnock          
Leichhardt Annandale        3-0 Corrimal Rangers 
Auburn                      2-1 Granville       
Lake Macquarie              2-2 Wallsend        

Quarterfinal Replays
Cessnock                    3-2 East Lakes      
Wallsend                    5-3 Lake Macquarie              [aet]

Semifinals
Auburn                      3-1 Leichhardt Annandale 
Wallsend                    4-1 Cessnock             

Final
Wallsend                    1-0 Auburn 

Minor Final (between two regular season winners)
East Lakes                  1-1 Granville  

Minor Final Replay
Granville                   4-2 East Lakes 

Grand Final (between winners NSW State Finals and winners Minor Final)
Wallsend                    2-1 Granville  

Division Two South

Final Table:

 1. Lane Cove                18  15  0  3  47-21  30  Playoff, Finals Series
 2. St.George                18  15  0  3  67-28  30  Playoff, Finals Series
 3. NSW Police               18  12  3  3  54-25  27  Finals Series
 4. Sydney Austral           18  11  4  3  57-35  26  Finals Series
 5. Regents Park             18   7  2  9  44-43  16
 6. Concord                  18   6  3  9  44-56  15
 7. Europa                   18   5  3 10  40-51  13
 8. St.Peters                18   3  4 11  46-73  10
 9. Guildford                18   4  1 13  35-67   9
10. Pyrmont Balmain          18   1  2 15  26-61   4

Playoff First Place
Lane Cove                   4-1 St.George  

Finals Series

Semifinals
Sydney Austral              2-4 Lane Cove
St.George                   1-1 NSW Police  

Semifinal Replay
NSW Police                  4-1 St.George      

Final
Lane Cove                   1-5 NSW Police  

NB: as regular season winners ("minor premiers"), Lane Cove had the
    right to challenge finals series winner NSW Police for the championship

Grand Final
NSW Police                  1-1 Lane Cove 

Grand Final Replay
NSW Police                  2-1 Lane Cove 

Queensland 1953

Brisbane Division One

Table:

 1. Blackstone Rovers        18  14  2  2  62-30  30  Champions
 2. Thistle                  17   8  5  4  49-33  21
 3. Caledonians              17   7  4  6  52-47  18
 4. Bundamba Rangers         18   7  3  8  47-48  17
 5. Easts United             18   6  5  7  49-58  17
 6. Dinmore Bush Rats        17   7  2  8  44-37  16
 7. YMCA                     18   5  5  8  38-47  15
 8. St.Helens                17   7  1  9  39-54  15
 9. Bulimba Rangers          17   7  0 10  43-55  14
10. Corinthians              17   5  1 11  33-47  11

Brisbane Division Two

Table:

 1. Oxley United             18  15  1  2  66-24  31
 2. White Stars              17  12  2  3  71-25  26
 3. Merton Rovers            18  10  2  6  65-51  22
 4. Latrobe                  18   7  6  5  47-46  20
 5. Bardon                   18   7  3  8  49-48  17
 6. Shafston Rovers          18   7  1 10  50-57  15
 7. Hellenic                 18   7  1 10  44-51  15
 8. Toowong                  17   4  6  7  33-48  14
 9. YMCA B                   18   4  2 12  43-85  10
10. Mitchelton               18   2  4 12  33-66   8

South Australia 1953

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Juventus                 18  16  1  1  60-11  33  Champions
 2. Port Adelaide            18  11  4  3  53-31  26
 3. Budapest                 18  11  3  4  44-29  25
 4. Beograd                  18   8  3  7  35-40  19
 5. Birkalla Rovers          18   7  3  8  35-35  17
 6. Prospect United          18   6  3  9  41-49  15
 7. Sturt                    18   7  1 10  32-46  15
 8. Port Thistle             18   4  3 11  25-47  11
 9. Portsmouth-Plympton      18   2  3 13  20-51   7
10. Bohemians                18   3  6  9  39-45 -30  [-42]

NB: Bohemians 42 points deducted for fielding 21 ineligible players.

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Vytis                    18  16  1  1 108-20  33
 2. Cumberland United        18  14  3  1  61-17  31
 3. Polonia                  18  14  1  3  73-24  29
 4. Kingswood                18   9  3  6  49-38  21
 5. West Torrens             18   9  1  8  42-46  19
 6. South Australia Railway  18   9  1  8  42-50  19
 7. South Adelaide           18   3  3 12  29-72   9
 8. Woodville United         18   2  2 14  30-82   6
 9. Thebarton                18   3  2 13  20-68   6  [-2]
10. Colonel Light Gardens    18   2  1 15  35-72   5

Division Three

Table:

 1. Lion                     18  17  1  0  77- 5  35
 2. Slovakia                 18  16  0  2  67-12  32
 3. Pegasus                  18  11  1  6  38-27  23
 4. Cracovia                 18   9  1  8  45-28  19
 5. Venta                    18   8  2  8  41-40  18
 6. University               17   7  2  8  38-48  16
 7. Finsbury                 18   7  3  8  31-49  16  [-1]
 8. Croatia                  18   7  1 10  22-32  15
 9. Phillips                 18   5  1 12  28-40  11
10. British Wanderers        17   5  2 10  23-54  11  [-1]
11. Olympic                  18   4  1 13  22-40   9
12. Norwood                  18   3  1 14  20-77   7

Tasmania 1953

North Division One

Table:

 1. South Launceston         10   8  1  1  26- 7  17
 2. Invermay United           9   5  2  2  16-11  12
 3. Patons and Baldwin       10   3  1  6  12-16   7
 4. Waterside Workers         9   0  2  7   6-26   2

South Division One

Final Table:

 1. Caledonians              15  11  2  2  59-22  24
 2. South Hobart             15  10  3  2  42-25  23
 3. Metro                    15  10  2  3  57-25  22
 4. Bronte Park              15   6  1  8  35-40  13
 5. Sandy Bay                15   3  1 11  15-50   7
 6. ANM                      15   0  1 14  13-59   1

NB: Sandy Bay withdrew after the season.

North West League

Table:

 1. APPM                     11   6  3  2  26-10  15
 2. Penguin                  12   6  2  4  18-14  14
 3. Burnie Celtic            11   5  3  3  18-14  13
 4. Tocal                    12   1  2  9  12-36   4

Championship Playoff

Semifinal
South Launceston    1-0 APPM  

Final
Caledonians         3-1 South Launceston

South Division Two

Table:

 1. South Hobart B           14  12  0  2  57-22  24
 2. Mt.Nelson                14  10  0  4  51-19  20
 3. Caledonians B            14   9  1  4  45-24  19
 4. Zinc Works               14   4  3  7  27-40  11
 5. Metro B                  14   2  2 10  24-51   6
 6. University               14   2  0 12  14-62   4

Victoria 1953

NB: see also Victoria 1953

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Juventus                 18  13  3  2  56-20  29  Champions
 2. Hakoah                   18  13  2  3  66-27  28
 3. JUST                     18  13  0  5  61-34  26
 4. Moreland                 18   9  2  7  47-31  20
 5. Brighton                 18   9  1  8  45-46  19
 6. Prahran City             18   8  2  8  55-57  18
 7. Box Hill                 18   5  3 10  36-59  13
 8. Footscray City           18   6  1 11  28-54  13
 9. Yallourn                 18   5  2 11  30-48  12
10. Park Rangers             18   1  0 17  22-70   2

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. South Yarra              18  14  3  1  64-19  31
 2. Polonia                  18  13  4  1  66-16  30
 3. South Melbourne United   18  10  0  8  59-43  20
 4. White Eagles             18   8  3  7  40-41  19
 5. Geelong                  18   7  3  8  33-39  17
 6. Sunshine United          18   6  4  8  28-40  16
 7. Preston                  18   7  2  9  32-55  16
 8. Sunshine City            18   6  3  9  35-40  15
 9. Sandringham City         18   3  2 13  31-64   8
10. Flinders Naval Depot     18   2  4 12  24-55   8

NB: International Harvester were renamed Geelong.

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Maccabi                  18  12  3  3  45-25  27
 2. George Cross             18  11  4  3  52-25  26
 3. Northcote                18  11  3  4  49-30  25
 4. Fairfield                18  10  2  6  50-36  22
 5. Dandenong Rovers         18   8  4  6  43-24  20
 6. Moorabbin City           18   9  2  7  55-38  20
 7. Frankston                18   6  6  6  50-41  18
 8. Williamstown             17   3  5  9  28-45  11
 9. Coburg United            18   3  3 12  33-55   9
10. University of Melbourne  17   0  0 17   6-92   0

NB: Northcote withdrew after the season.

Western Australia 1953

NB: see also Western Australia 1953

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Azzurri                  18  13  5  0  70-20  31  Champions
 2. North Perth              18   9  8  1  46-20  26
 3. Swan Athletic            18   9  3  6  43-24  21
 4. Swan Valley              18   9  2  7  36-42  20
 5. Perth City               18   8  3  7  38-37  19
 6. Sokol                    18   7  4  7  49-45  18
 7. South Perth              18   5  7  6  30-35  17
 8. Subiaco City             18   5  5  8  39-51  15
 9. Victoria Park            18   3  3 12  35-72   9
10. Spearwood Rovers         18   1  2 15  32-72   4

Division Two

Table:

 1. Caledonian               17  15  2  0 101-16  32
 2. Maccabeans               18  14  1  3  60-26  29
 3. Pannonia                 18  11  5  2  73-40  27
 4. Cracovia                 18   7  5  6  42-42  19
 5. Fremantle City           18   8  3  7  71-54  17  [-2]
 6. Cottesloe                18   8  1  9  34-37  17
 7. Mount Hawthorn           18   7  2  9  48-67  16
 8. Balmoral                 17   5  4  8  29-59  16
 9. Queens Park              18   1  1 16  18-83   3
10. Midland Wanderers        18   1  0 17  21-73   2

Division Three

Final Tables:

North
 1. Shamrock Rovers          11   8  2  1  27-13  18
 2. Wexcombe                 11   4  6  1  19- 9  14
 3. Windmills                11   5  3  3  37-14  13
 4. Canning                  11   4  4  3  14-16  12
 5. Kiev                     11   4  1  6  16-34   9
 6. Wundowie                  6   1  1  4   4- 8   3
 7. South Belmont            11   0  3  8   7-30   3
 -. Darling Rangers          withdrew
NB: Wundowie withdrew during the season.

South
 1. South Fremantle          12  10  2  0  71- 3  22
 2. Tricolore                12   8  3  1  36-17  19
 3. East Claremont           12   6  2  4  45-21  14
 4. Thames Athletic          12   3  3  6  16-29   9
 5. Athena                   12   2  4  6  12-48   8
 6. Alexander                12   3  1  8  16-57   7
 7. Avala                    12   2  1  9  15-36   5
 -. Perth Corinthians        withdrew


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