1953 VFL Lightning Premiership

The 1953 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knockout competition played entirely on Tuesday, 2 June. It was played on the same day as Elizabeth II's Coronation between rounds 6 and 7 of the Victorian Football League's 1953 season with all games played at the MCG. This was the sixth time a lightning premiership had been contested in the VFL. It was contested by the 12 VFL teams who competed in the 1953 VFL season. A total of 36,715 people attended the competition. Richmond won its first Lighting Premiership competition defeating St Kilda in the final by 14 points.

Round 1

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Melbourne
 * 1.1 (7)
 * South Melbourne
 * 1.2 (8)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Carlton
 * 0.1 (1)
 * St Kilda
 * 2.1 (13)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Collingwood
 * 3.2 (20)
 * Footscray
 * 0.2 (2)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Richmond
 * 4.2 (26)
 * Fitzroy
 * 2.0 (12)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Essendon
 * 2.2 (14)
 * Geelong
 * 1.3 (9)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Hawthorn
 * 3.5 (23)
 * North Melbourne
 * 2.2 (14)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June

Quarter finals

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * South Melbourne
 * 2.2 (14)
 * St Kilda
 * 3.3 (21)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Footscray
 * 0.3 (3)
 * Richmond
 * 1.2 (8)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * colspan=6 style="text-align:center;"| Bye: Essendon, Hawthorn

Semi finals

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Essendon
 * 2.1 (13)
 * St Kilda
 * 2.5 (17)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June
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 * Hawthorn
 * 1.0 (6)
 * Richmond
 * 1.1 (7)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June

Grand final

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * St Kilda
 * 1.3 (9)
 * Richmond
 * 3.5 (23)
 * MCG
 * Tuesday, 2 June