1953 VFL Lightning Premiership
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{{Infobox AFL Lightning Premiership
| year = 1953
| league = VFL
| image =
| imagesize = 180px
| caption = VFL Lightning Premiership
| teams = 12
| winners = {{AFL Ric}}
| count = 1st
| matches = 11
| attendance =
}}
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.
Matches
=Round 1=
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 1.1 (7)
| 1.2 (8)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Carlton
| 0.1 (1)
| St Kilda
| 2.1 (13)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 3.2 (20)
| 0.2 (2)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Richmond
| 4.2 (26)
| Fitzroy
| 2.0 (12)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Essendon
| 2.2 (14)
| Geelong
| 1.3 (9)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Hawthorn
| 3.5 (23)
| 2.2 (14)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
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=Quarter finals=
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 2.2 (14)
| St Kilda
| 3.3 (21)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 0.3 (3)
| Richmond
| 1.2 (8)
| MCG
| Tuesday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|colspan=6 style="text-align:center;"| Bye: Essendon, Hawthorn
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=Semi finals=
Grand final
See also
- List of Australian Football League night premiers
- Australian Football League pre-season competition
- 1953 VFL season
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Category:Australian Football League pre-season competition
Vfl Lightning Premiership, 1953
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