1952 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1952 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 118

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Geelong
Brownlow Medallist(s): Bill Hutchison (Essendon), Roy Wright (Richmond)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): John Coleman (Essendon)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Geelong (P) 1st 16 -1- 2 134.7% Peter Pianto (17) George Goninon (52)
Collingwood (R) 2nd 14 -0- 5 144.4% Thorold Merrett (12) Maurie Dunstan (43)
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 105.4% Allan Ruthven (9) Tony Ongarello (47)
Carlton 4th 11 -2- 6 112.4% Ollie Grieve (10) Jack Howell (39)
South Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 7 105.5% Bill Gunn (10) Gordon Lane (33)
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 9 103.0% Denis Cordner, Stuart Spencer (11) Noel Clarke (49)
North Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 10 96.8% Ted Larsen, Jock Spencer (7) Jock Spencer (51)
Essendon 8th 8 -1- 10 113.6% Bill Hutchison (21) John Coleman (103)
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 11 92.6% Roy Wright (21) Jack O'Rourke (43)
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 14 77.1% Jack Collins (12) Roger Duffy (20)
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 69.6% John Kennedy (10) Jack MacDonald (25)
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 68.1% Harold Bray (19) Jack McDonald (31)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 6
Boundary Umpire 12

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 97 - 103 24,679
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 67 - 90 22,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 46 - 41 24,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 82 - 74 18,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 54 20,500
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 20 - 106 14,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 89 - 91 19,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 64 - 57 30,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 84 - 89 31,500
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 96 - 89 21,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 95 - 62 26,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 82 - 62 13,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 60 - 74 13,529
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 99 - 34 20,500
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 72 - 92 25,500
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 75 - 51 34,000
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 101 - 81 28,500
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 77 - 66 20,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 52 - 76 20,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 100 19,500
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 87 - 94 28,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 64 - 84 19,500
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 69 - 60 15,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 121 - 111 24,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 57 - 71 26,716
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 82 - 46 20,000
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 106 - 56 36,000
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 76 - 116 17,500
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 42 - 41 9,500
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 60 - 36 22,500

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 49 - 63 11,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 55 - 79 25,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 94 - 73 12,500
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 44 - 98 14,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 96 - 65 15,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 91 - 29 20,500

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 82 - 50 58,563
SAT 07/06/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 24 10,300
SAT 07/06/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 80 - 50 11,000
MON 09/06/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 120 - 93 37,500
MON 09/06/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 60 - 69 29,000
MON 09/06/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 110 - 79 26,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne North Hobart Oval 90 - 70 18,387
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Euroa Oval 117 - 80 7,500
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Yallourn Oval 34 - 49 3,500
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Albury Oval 118 - 96 15,000
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood SCG 36 - 72 24,174
MON 16/06/1952 7:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Brisbane Showgrounds 86 - 155 28,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 74 - 75 16,000
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 55 - 35 21,513
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 33 - 39 21,000
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 41 - 48 7,500
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 45 - 50 14,085
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 44 - 60 15,500

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 83 - 46 23,557
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 44 - 70 7,500
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 112 - 57 12,617
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 38 12,500
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 64 - 39 7,000
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 64 - 85 21,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 73 - 83 25,089
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 76 - 76 21,000
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 41 - 78 11,000
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 79 - 85 7,800
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 46 - 77 15,000
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 79 - 56 21,911

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 50 - 50 24,839
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 62 - 33 36,145
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 60 - 69 27,000
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 77 - 44 9,000
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 71 10,500
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 35 - 58 12,218

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 110 - 54 21,744
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 53 - 38 21,055
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 42 - 57 17,000
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 38 - 44 15,000
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 47 - 76 18,000
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 87 - 28 12,643

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 78 - 58 14,047
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 57 - 66 22,759
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 76 - 76 32,000
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 53 - 50 15,000
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 36 - 35 26,000
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 62 - 91 11,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 57 - 85 9,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 55 - 70 12,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 44 29,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 88 - 89 21,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 74 - 86 19,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 48 - 57 14,760

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 107 - 60 17,421
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 88 - 40 31,314
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 82 - 83 34,000
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 139 - 55 14,100
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 50 - 68 12,000
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 94 - 66 12,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 74 - 66 24,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 75 - 103 15,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 88 - 67 42,662
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 147 - 51 12,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 48 - 84 12,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 89 - 44 11,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 82 - 97 16,402
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 111 - 67 21,318
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 56 - 92 18,000
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 132 - 77 12,000
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 57 29,000
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 50 - 99 20,584

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 71 18,753
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 77 - 32 49,107
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 101 - 76 28,000
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 72 - 66 9,000
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 91 - 61 20,723
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 59 - 82 6,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1952 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton MCG 69 - 68 59,970

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1952 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 100 - 46 77,117

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1952 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy MCG 81 - 62 52,462

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1952 2:50 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 86 - 40 82,890