1952 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 105.4%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Ruthven (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Ongarello (47)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Neville Broderick

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Ruthven

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Fred #1 8 R01-R02, R05, R09-R13 1
Ashman, George #12 4 R05-R08 0
Blizzard, Kevin #9 1 R05 0
Broderick, Neville #6 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 1
Chanter, Vic #24 20 R01-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF 0
Coates, George #2 19 R01-R17, SF, PF 15
Davey, Colin #35 3 R03-R04, R13 2
Furness, Don #30 12 R01-R02, R08-R09, R13-R16, R18-R19, SF, PF 1
Gaffney, Jack #26 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 0
Gale, Alan #33 19 R01-R12, R15-R19, SF, PF 1
Gervasoni, Jack #4 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 26
Goodger, Eddie #15 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 0
Harding, John #25 15 R05-R14, R17-R19, SF, PF 2
Hickey, Joe #20 13 R06-R09, R12-R19, PF 8
Jarvis, Noel #27 19 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF 7
Johnstone, Norm #17 19 R03-R19, SF, PF 18
Kettle, Jim #32 3 R03-R05 0
Lourey, Greg #14 2 R02, R04 0
MacGregor, Jack #14 14 R08-R19, SF, PF 1
Magee, Tom #3 19 R01-R19 2
Millington, Ray #29 2 R03, R13 0
Murphy, Joe #21 3 R17, R19, SF 0
Ongarello, Tony #31 19 R01-R11, R14-R19, SF, PF 50
Roberts, Bob #32 15 R04-R16, SF, PF 0
Ross, Ken #22 20 R01-R04, R06-R19, SF, PF 2
Ruthven, Allan #7 19 R01-R08, R11-R19, SF, PF 23
Simpson, Ron #5 2 R01-R02 2
Stephen, Bill #8 19 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19, SF, PF 0
Streader, Jack #18 21 R01-R19, SF, PF 23
Tame, Kevin #11 3 R17-R19 0
Toohey, Jack #12 2 R01-R02 0
Vandersluys, Stan #28 4 R01-R03, R13 0
Watson, Lance #16 1 R01 0
Williams, Vin #10 3 R10, SF, PF 1
Wright, Kevin #13 13 R03-R04, R06-R08, R10-R16, R18 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Ken Ross Vic Chanter Neville Broderick
Half-Back: Jack Gaffney Eddie Goodger Bob Roberts
Centre: Tom Magee Don Furness Kevin Wright
Half-Forward: Jack Streader Joe Hickey Jack Gervasoni
Forward: Norm Johnstone Tony Ongarello George Coates
Follower: Alan Gale Jack MacGregor Allan Ruthven
Interchange: George Ashman John Harding

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)
Ruthven, Allan 21 14 -0- 7 R01-R19, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 9 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
26/04/1952 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
03/05/1952 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 20 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
10/05/1952 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 49 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
17/05/1952 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 1 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
31/05/1952 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 31 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
07/06/1952 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 39 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
14/06/1952 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 20 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
21/06/1952 Round 9 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 5 Allan Ruthven unknown
28/06/1952 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 52 Allan Ruthven unknown
05/07/1952 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 10 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
12/07/1952 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 18 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
19/07/1952 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 29 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
26/07/1952 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 1 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
02/08/1952 Round 15 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 1 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
09/08/1952 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 48 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
16/08/1952 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 36 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
23/08/1952 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 7 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
30/08/1952 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 6 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
06/09/1952 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 1 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven
20/09/1952 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 19 Allan Ruthven Allan Ruthven