1952 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-2-6, P%: 112.4%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Ollie Grieve (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Howell (39)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Ollie Grieve

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Hands, Ern Henfry

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beasy, Doug #17 20 R01-R19, SF 20
Brown, John #16 18 R01-R03, R06-R19, SF 0
Calder, Don #19 5 R04-R05, R13, R18, SF 0
Caspar, Harry #24 16 R05-R19, SF 1
Chick, John #23 6 R01-R02, R08, R10, R18-R19 3
Comben, Bruce #15 14 R01-R08, R15-R19, SF 9
Conley, Jack #35 20 R01-R19, SF 0
Davies, Fred #28 20 R01-R19, SF 20
Dern, Harry #39 7 R02, R04-R09 0
Dunn, Harvey #22 1 R13 0
English, Vin #14 20 R01-R19, SF 0
Ferry, George #25 6 R02-R03, R07-R08, R11, SF 5
Gilchrist, Graham #26 1 R18 0
Green, Richie #33 15 R05-R19 0
Grieve, Ollie #27 20 R01-R19, SF 0
Guy, Doug #4 11 R05-R06, R10, R12-R16, R18-R19, SF 1
Hands, Ken #1 18 R03-R19, SF 5
Henfry, Ern #6 9 R01-R08, R17 7
Hodgson, Arthur #8 16 R01-R16 3
Howell, Jack #13 17 R03-R12, R14-R19, SF 42
Jones, Tom #20 6 R09-R14 3
Kerr, Laurie #11 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R17, R19, SF 3
Mills, Jack #9 17 R04-R19, SF 18
Milroy, Bill #2 20 R01-R19, SF 14
Molony, Brian #31 4 R01, R15-R17 0
Robertson, Ron #21 6 R01-R06 2
Spencer, John #32 15 R01-R03, R07, R09-R17, R19, SF 27
Stafford, Fred #10 15 R01, R04, R08-R19, SF 1
Stafford, George #30 5 R01-R04, R12 0
Sullivan, Harry #3 4 R01-R03, R13 3
Thomas, Max #34 13 R01-R04, R08-R09, R11, R13-R14, R17-R19, SF 0
Warburton, Keith #7 18 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19, SF 19

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Conley Ollie Grieve Harry Caspar
Half-Back: Richie Green Harry Dern John Brown
Centre: Max Thomas Ern Henfry Arthur Hodgson
Half-Forward: Fred Stafford Bill Milroy Doug Beasy
Forward: Ken Hands Jack Howell John Chick
Follower: Fred Davies Vin English Jack Mills
Interchange: Bruce Comben George Ferry

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Bentley, Perce 20 11 -2- 7 R01-R19, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 23 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
26/04/1952 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 5 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
03/05/1952 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 20 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
10/05/1952 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 7 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
17/05/1952 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 50 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
31/05/1952 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 21 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
09/06/1952 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 27 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
14/06/1952 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 37 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
21/06/1952 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 6 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
28/06/1952 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 55 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
05/07/1952 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CAR by 37 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
12/07/1952 Round 12 Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Perce Bentley Ken Hands
19/07/1952 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 15 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
26/07/1952 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Perce Bentley Ken Hands
02/08/1952 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
09/08/1952 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 1 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
16/08/1952 Round 17 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 21 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
23/08/1952 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 36 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
30/08/1952 Round 19 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 45 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
06/09/1952 Semi Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Perce Bentley Ken Hands