1952 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-5, P%: 144.4%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Thorold Merrett (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Maurie Dunstan (43)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Bob Rose

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Lou Richards

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aitken, Ken #28 17 R01-R13, R18-R19, SF, GF 1
Batchelor, Keith #23 1 GF 0
Coghlan, Kevin #5 13 R01, R03-R06, R08, R10-R15, R17 10
Davey, Col #16 10 R03-R04, R07-R12, R15, SF 11
Dunstan, Maurie #6 17 R01-R08, R13-R19, PF, GF 43
Finck, Jack #35 13 R10-R19, SF, PF, GF 0
Flint, Kevin #13 3 R09, R11-R12 3
Gooch, Arthur #14 18 R01-R05, R10-R19, SF, PF, GF 2
Hamilton, Jack #8 15 R01-R15 0
Hams, George #7 19 R01-R09, R12-R17, R19, SF, PF, GF 0
Healey, Des #12 20 R01-R14, R17-R19, SF, PF, GF 3
Hickey, Jack #19 8 R07-R08, R16, R18-R19, SF, PF, GF 1
Hocking, Gordon #1 4 R06-R07, R13-R14 2
Kingston, Ron #9 22 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF 1
Lucas, Peter #3 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 0
Mann, Neil #16 16 R01-R09, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF 11
McKenzie, Ron #21 4 R13, R15-R16, R18 0
Merrett, Thorold #17 20 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF, GF 7
Parker, Jack #18 17 R01-R03, R08-R17, R19, SF, PF, GF 4
Phillips, Kevin #31 2 R16-R17 3
Richards, Lou #2 20 R01-R15, R18-R19, SF, PF, GF 31
Richards, Ron #20 17 R01-R17 9
Rose, Bill #33 7 R05-R07, R13, R16, PF, GF 1
Rose, Bob #22 20 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF, GF 29
Schow, Keith #10 1 R10 0
Smith, Les #13 3 R18, PF, GF 0
Stevens, Harvey #29 8 R12-R14, R17-R19, PF, GF 2
Swan, Neville #23 2 R01-R02 0
Tebble, Bill #15 16 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R13, R15-R19, SF 1
Tuck, Frank #24 17 R02-R03, R08-R19, SF, PF, GF 2
Turner, Brian #30 8 R01-R07, SF 0
Twomey, Bill #26 17 R01-R03, R05-R11, R16-R19, SF, PF, GF 25
Twomey, Mick #25 20 R01-R02, R04-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF, GF 12
Twomey, Pat #27 16 R04-R11, R14-R19, SF, PF 9
Williams, Roy #32 8 R04, R08-R11, R13-R15 7

Team Line-Up

Back: George Hams Jack Hamilton Bill Tebble
Half-Back: Ron Kingston Neil Mann Peter Lucas
Centre: Des Healey Bill Twomey Jack Hickey
Half-Forward: Pat Twomey Frank Tuck Roy Williams
Forward: Col Davey Maurie Dunstan Ron Richards
Follower: Ken Aitken Mick Twomey Lou Richards
Interchange: Kevin Coghlan Jack Parker

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)
Kyne, Phonse 22 15 -0- 7 R01-R19, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 86 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
26/04/1952 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 33 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
03/05/1952 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 24 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
10/05/1952 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 20 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
17/05/1952 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 50 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
31/05/1952 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN COL by 62 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
07/06/1952 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 32 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
14/06/1952 Round 8 Richmond AWAY WIN COL by 36 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
21/06/1952 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 16 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
28/06/1952 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 21 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
05/07/1952 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 23 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
12/07/1952 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
19/07/1952 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 59 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
26/07/1952 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
02/08/1952 Round 15 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 1 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
09/08/1952 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 84 Phonse Kyne unknown
16/08/1952 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 21 Phonse Kyne unknown
23/08/1952 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 49 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
30/08/1952 Round 19 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 21 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
13/09/1952 Semi Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 54 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
20/09/1952 Preliminary Final Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 19 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards
27/09/1952 Grand Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 46 Phonse Kyne Lou Richards