1952 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 5-0-14, P%: 69.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): John Kennedy (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack MacDonald (25)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): John Kennedy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Peter O'Donohue

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allsop, Tom #4 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 21
Atkins, Mack #32 8 R08-R13, R16-R17 6
Black, Norm #22 11 R01-R07, R11-R14 0
Bond, Kevin #35 1 R18 0
Cash, Pat #5 15 R01-R07, R11-R17, R19 21
Collins, Bill #34 12 R08-R19 10
Considine, Bernie #25 13 R07-R19 5
Considine, Maurie #28 7 R13-R19 0
Crane, Len #1 19 R01-R19 0
Douglas, Jack #30 9 R02-R08, R13, R16 0
Edwards, George #26 10 R01, R05-R09, R15-R18 2
Fitchett, Mike #6 14 R03-R12, R15-R17, R19 8
Fletcher, Ted #23 18 R01-R07, R09-R19 1
Gibb, Ray #23 1 R01 0
Griffiths, Barry #13 1 R19 0
Hancock, Peter #11 8 R01-R08 5
Hartigan, Jack #2 2 R01-R02 0
Kanis, Peter #18 11 R07-R17 7
Kennedy, John #10 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19 4
Le Nepveu, Allan #19 10 R02-R04, R08-R10, R14-R17 0
MacDonald, Jack #21 18 R01-R16, R18-R19 25
Marr, Jack #24 5 R01-R02, R17-R19 2
McGreevy, John #17 3 R10-R11, R18 0
McKinnon, Vic #20 6 R01-R04, R06-R07 1
O'Brien, Phil #15 3 R01, R18-R19 0
O'Donohue, Peter #14 16 R01-R15, R19 1
O'Mahoney, John #3 19 R01-R19 0
Pearson, Neil #7 19 R01-R19 7
Philp, Clive #8 18 R01-R06, R08-R19 2
Rattray, Jim #9 1 R05 0
Robison, Jim #12 12 R03-R12, R14, R18 7
Simmonds, Roy #27 19 R01-R19 2
Wain, Fred #33 9 R02-R06, R08-R10, R13 1
Webster, Noel #29 8 R12-R19 3
Wilkinson, Lance #16 19 R01-R19 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Roy Simmonds Len Crane Bernie Considine
Half-Back: John O'Mahoney Jack Douglas Peter O'Donohue
Centre: Neil Pearson Mike Fitchett Lance Wilkinson
Half-Forward: Mack Atkins Bill Collins Tom Allsop
Forward: Fred Wain Jim Robison Peter Kanis
Follower: George Edwards Peter Hancock Jack MacDonald
Interchange: Allan Le Nepveu Clive Philp

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)
Hale, Jack 19 5 -0- 14 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 86 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
26/04/1952 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
03/05/1952 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 14 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
10/05/1952 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 9 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
17/05/1952 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
31/05/1952 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 54 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
07/06/1952 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 30 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
14/06/1952 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 37 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
21/06/1952 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 7 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
28/06/1952 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 26 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
05/07/1952 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 37 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
12/07/1952 Round 12 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 23 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
19/07/1952 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 59 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
26/07/1952 Round 14 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 29 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
02/08/1952 Round 15 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue
09/08/1952 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 18 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
16/08/1952 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 36 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
23/08/1952 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 55 Jack Hale Ted Fletcher
30/08/1952 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 23 Jack Hale Peter O'Donohue