1952 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-14, P%: 77.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Collins (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Roger Duffy (20)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Jack Collins

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Sutton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Angus #30 16 R03-R06, R08-R19 0
Aked, Frank #32 3 R08-R09, R11 0
Barrett, John #14 17 R01-R05, R08-R19 0
Beal, Stan #29 6 R02, R08-R10, R12, R17 0
Bryden, Dave #18 16 R01, R04-R17, R19 9
Bulman, Alan #17 2 R02, R05 0
Collins, Jack #2 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19 13
Connolly, Bert #31 1 R03 0
Crozier, Ray #7 1 R11 0
Donald, Wally #22 18 R01-R08, R10-R19 1
Duffy, Roger #7 18 R01-R10, R12-R19 20
Edwards, Arthur #21 11 R05-R14, R16 4
Edwards, Jack #3 1 R13 0
Egan, Reg #8 4 R01, R11, R17, R19 0
Foreman, Ian #12 2 R18-R19 0
Gallagher, Jim #24 19 R01-R19 0
Gilmore, Brian #34 16 R01-R07, R10-R16, R18-R19 11
Harper, Roy #10 18 R01-R08, R10-R19 13
Henderson, Herb #25 17 R01-R15, R18-R19 0
Isaac, Max 1 R02 0
Kent, Len #11 9 R04, R06, R11-R15, R18-R19 7
King, Jack #31 16 R03, R05-R19 0
Laffey, Merv #12 2 R01-R02 1
Linton, Alby #23 10 R01-R05, R08, R10, R13, R15-R16 1
Martin, Alan #19 18 R01-R17, R19 1
McRae, Frank #16 10 R01-R04, R06-R07, R16-R19 1
Phillips, Eddie #29 7 R09-R15 8
Reardon, Bill #20 1 R04 0
Reynolds, Doug #28 13 R04-R12, R16-R19 5
Richards, Ron #4 2 R01, R05 1
Rogers, Allen #35 16 R03-R18 10
Ross, Don #9 16 R01-R09, R12-R15, R17-R19 1
Scanlan, Bill #26 17 R01-R04, R07-R19 11
Slater, Bob #4 4 R13, R16-R18 0
Smallwood, Bernie #15 2 R07, R09 0
Sutton, Charlie #6 7 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09 4
Wearmouth, Dick #33 12 R01-R03, R06-R08, R14-R19 1
Whitten, Ted #3 14 R01-R04, R06-R10, R14-R18 19

Team Line-Up

Back: Wally Donald Herb Henderson Jack King
Half-Back: Angus Abbey Alan Martin Jim Gallagher
Centre: Dick Wearmouth Don Ross John Barrett
Half-Forward: Stan Beal Roy Harper Roger Duffy
Forward: Bill Scanlan Ted Whitten Allen Rogers
Follower: Dave Bryden Arthur Edwards Doug Reynolds
Interchange: Frank Aked Alby Linton

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)
Sutton, Charlie 17 5 -0- 12 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R19
Donald, Wally 2 0 -0- 2 R04, R08

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 5 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
26/04/1952 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
03/05/1952 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 11 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
10/05/1952 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 24 Wally Donald unknown
17/05/1952 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 24 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
31/05/1952 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 62 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
09/06/1952 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 31 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
14/06/1952 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 15 Wally Donald unknown
21/06/1952 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 5 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
28/06/1952 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 55 Charlie Sutton unknown
05/07/1952 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 6 Charlie Sutton unknown
12/07/1952 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 23 Charlie Sutton unknown
19/07/1952 Round 13 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 15 Charlie Sutton unknown
26/07/1952 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 9 Charlie Sutton unknown
02/08/1952 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 9 Charlie Sutton unknown
09/08/1952 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 47 Charlie Sutton unknown
16/08/1952 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 45 Charlie Sutton unknown
23/08/1952 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 49 Charlie Sutton unknown
30/08/1952 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 30 Charlie Sutton unknown