1952 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-1-9, P%: 103.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Denis Cordner, Stuart Spencer (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Noel Clarke (49)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Geoff McGivern

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Denis Cordner
Vice-Captain(s): George Bickford

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Ken #6 19 R01-R19 23
Arnold, Lance #29 17 R01-R13, R16-R19 0
Beckwith, John #30 17 R01, R04-R19 8
Bickford, George #16 17 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R19 1
Carroll, Keith #19 1 R19 0
Christie, Ken #4 19 R01-R19 0
Clarke, Noel #26 19 R01-R19 49
Collins, Geoff #3 14 R01-R07, R09-R11, R14-R17 0
Cordner, Denis #1 18 R01-R07, R09-R19 6
Ferguson, John #22 6 R06-R09, R11-R12 3
Jackson, Eddie #7 16 R01-R13, R15-R17 4
Johnston, Bob #14 10 R02-R03, R06-R09, R13-R14, R16, R19 0
Krause, Alan #13 6 R14-R19 6
Lack, Harry #18 3 R03-R04, R11 0
Lane, Ralph #34 3 R11, R13, R18 0
Lehmann, Maurie #8 6 R13-R18 1
Love, Colin #19 4 R01-R04 0
McGivern, Geoff #17 19 R01-R19 14
McKaige, Ken #29 3 R01-R03 1
McKenzie, Bob #2 18 R02-R19 35
McLean, Ian #5 14 R01-R03, R05, R08, R10-R17, R19 1
McLean, Tom #20 11 R02, R04-R13 1
McMahen, Noel #35 18 R01-R12, R14-R19 0
McMahon, Ron #25 8 R01, R05, R10, R12-R13, R15, R18-R19 0
O'Keeffe, George #23 4 R05, R09, R14, R18 0
Orr, Max #9 5 R03-R04, R06-R08 4
Peirce, Terry #15 2 R01-R02 0
Smeaton, Bill #28 6 R01, R04-R08 13
Spencer, Stuart #12 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 4
Thomson, Jack #33 16 R02-R05, R08-R19 8
Toyne, Ian #8 1 R01 0
Whitaker, Neil #27 9 R10, R12-R19 1
Wilson, Jim #11 15 R05-R19 14
Woods, Mike #37 18 R01-R10, R12-R19 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Stuart Spencer Lance Arnold Mike Woods
Half-Back: Noel McMahen Tom McLean Bob Johnston
Centre: Eddie Jackson George Bickford Ian McLean
Half-Forward: Noel Clarke Geoff McGivern John Beckwith
Forward: Bob McKenzie Bill Smeaton Max Orr
Follower: Ken Christie John Ferguson Ken Albiston
Interchange: Jack Thomson Jim Wilson

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)
Smith, Norm 19 9 -1- 9 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 6 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
26/04/1952 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 2 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
03/05/1952 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 14 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
10/05/1952 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 24 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
17/05/1952 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 14 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
31/05/1952 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 14 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
07/06/1952 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 32 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
14/06/1952 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 20 Norm Smith George Bickford
21/06/1952 Round 9 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 1 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
28/06/1952 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 37 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
05/07/1952 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 10 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
12/07/1952 Round 12 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Norm Smith Denis Cordner
19/07/1952 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 56 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
26/07/1952 Round 14 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 20 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
02/08/1952 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 28 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
09/08/1952 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 47 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
16/08/1952 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 8 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
23/08/1952 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 15 Norm Smith Denis Cordner
30/08/1952 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 Norm Smith Denis Cordner