1952 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-1-10, P%: 113.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Hutchison (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Coleman (103)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Hutchison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain(s): Bill Brittingham

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bigelow, Doug #19 8 R02-R03, R08, R12-R16 0
Booth, Stan #2 5 R15-R19 5
Brittingham, Bill #23 18 R01-R08, R10-R19 0
Carstairs, Jim #20 13 R05, R08-R19 12
Clarke, Jack #1 14 R01-R04, R08-R16, R19 2
Coleman, Brian #17 5 R05-R09 0
Coleman, John #10 18 R02-R19 103
Dale, Alan #15 16 R01-R13, R15, R17-R18 2
Dunn, Ron #29 2 R12-R13 0
Gallagher, Fred #13 7 R11-R12, R15-R19 5
Gardiner, Les #18 13 R01, R04-R12, R17-R19 0
Gill, John #34 16 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R18 7
Gilmore, Brian #28 4 R11-R14 2
Harper, Bert #8 8 R01-R08 1
Heenan, Jim #14 17 R01-R17 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19 27
Jones, Jack #24 18 R01-R14, R16-R19 16
Knowles, Jack #21 6 R01, R03, R09, R13, R18-R19 0
Law, Alby #2 2 R18-R19 0
Leek, Geoff #30 5 R01, R04, R17-R19 3
Lunn, Ron #27 12 R01-R03, R05-R07, R10-R14, R16 0
Mann, Lance #32 9 R02, R04-R11 10
Martini, Ray #5 7 R01-R02, R11-R14, R16 1
May, Wally #12 15 R01-R08, R10, R14-R19 5
McConnell, Roy #25 19 R01-R19 0
McDonald, Keith #9 1 R01 1
McDonald, Norm #4 12 R04-R07, R09-R11, R14-R15, R17-R19 0
McEwin, Ron #11 18 R01-R04, R06-R19 18
Morris, Hugh #6 8 R02-R09 2
O'Sullivan, Peter #16 12 R08-R19 0
Paine, Brian 1 R13 0
Payne, Fred #35 11 R01-R08, R13-R15 0
Ramsay, John #33 2 R09-R10 0
Sewell, Greg #9 7 R13-R19 0
Snell, Bill #22 8 R03-R10 4
Syme, Bob #26 17 R01-R07, R10-R19 2
Thaw, Alan #36 9 R01-R04, R09, R15-R17, R19 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jim Heenan Bill Brittingham Doug Bigelow
Half-Back: Les Gardiner Roy McConnell Fred Payne
Centre: Peter O'Sullivan Alan Dale Bert Harper
Half-Forward: Jack Jones Bill Snell Jack Clarke
Forward: John Gill John Coleman Lance Mann
Follower: Jim Carstairs Wally May Ron McEwin
Interchange: Brian Coleman Hugh Morris

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)
Reynolds, Dick 19 8 -1- 10 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 5 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
26/04/1952 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 7 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
03/05/1952 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 24 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
10/05/1952 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 7 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
17/05/1952 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 40 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
31/05/1952 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 54 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
09/06/1952 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 9 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
16/06/1952 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 69 Dick Reynolds Bill Brittingham
21/06/1952 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 1 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
28/06/1952 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 52 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
05/07/1952 Round 11 Geelong HOME DRAW drawn Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
12/07/1952 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 9 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
19/07/1952 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 15 Dick Reynolds Bill Brittingham
26/07/1952 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
02/08/1952 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 1 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
09/08/1952 Round 16 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
16/08/1952 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 96 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
23/08/1952 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 55 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
30/08/1952 Round 19 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 25 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison