1952 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 8-0-11, P%: 92.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Roy Wright (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack O'Rourke (43)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Roy Wright

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Des Rowe

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, Tom #18 5 R01-R02, R06, R10-R11 1
Audas, Pat #34 4 R02, R12-R14 2
Austen, Col #16 16 R01-R11, R15-R19 0
Betson, Kevin #5 7 R08-R14 0
Boland, Brian #9 9 R05-R08, R10-R11, R14-R16 0
Brennan, Jim #27 2 R05-R06 0
Brown, Barrie #26 2 R01-R02 0
Cations, Allan #33 13 R04-R12, R14-R15, R17, R19 5
Clarke, Fred #17 14 R03-R14, R16, R19 0
Collins, Gerry #27 7 R13-R19 6
Cooke, Allan #7 18 R01-R10, R12-R19 12
Cox, Graham #37 11 R07-R09, R12-R19 5
Currie, John #10 3 R11-R12, R16 1
Dillon, Kevin #31 14 R03-R04, R07-R16, R18-R19 3
Ednie, Ray #23 4 R01-R02, R08-R09 2
Flintoff, Les #29 7 R01-R02, R04-R06, R18-R19 3
Fraser, Don #21 14 R01-R07, R09-R11, R16-R19 0
Geard, Rex #36 8 R01-R08 0
Gibb, Ray #29 5 R15-R19 1
Hoare, Gavin #38 5 R11, R13-R16 2
Hogan, Kevin #12 9 R01-R03, R07-R10, R17-R18 3
Horwood, Ray #22 2 R01, R04 0
Morcom, Stan #22 3 R17-R19 0
Nix, John #1 19 R01-R19 0
Oppy, Max #14 19 R01-R19 0
O'Rourke, Jack #4 16 R03-R07, R09-R19 43
Poulter, Ray #24 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 33
Reiffel, Ron #6 3 R03, R13, R16 0
Ritchie, John #35 6 R08, R12-R13, R15-R17 1
Rowe, Des #15 19 R01-R19 1
Rowe, Havel #3 16 R02-R15, R17-R18 4
Ryan, Frank #8 8 R01-R03, R12-R13, R17-R19 0
Schofield, Peter #11 8 R01-R02, R07-R09, R12-R14 4
Spring, Geoff #19 19 R01-R19 12
Turner, Brian #28 8 R01, R03-R06, R10-R11, R15 4
Western, Albert #25 4 R03-R05, R13 3
Wilson, Bill #32 18 R01-R12, R14-R19 20
Wright, Roy #2 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19 11

Team Line-Up

Back: Max Oppy Fred Clarke Rex Geard
Half-Back: Col Austen Des Rowe Kevin Dillon
Centre: Havel Rowe John Nix Geoff Spring
Half-Forward: Kevin Hogan Ray Poulter Brian Boland
Forward: Kevin Betson Ray Ednie Graham Cox
Follower: Allan Cations Allan Cooke Bill Wilson
Interchange: John Ritchie Peter Schofield

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)
Dyer, Jack 19 8 -0- 11 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 9 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
26/04/1952 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 20 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
03/05/1952 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 20 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
10/05/1952 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 10 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
17/05/1952 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 24 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
31/05/1952 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 24 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
09/06/1952 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN RIC by 9 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
14/06/1952 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 36 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
21/06/1952 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
28/06/1952 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 37 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
05/07/1952 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
12/07/1952 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 33 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
19/07/1952 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 29 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
26/07/1952 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 29 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
02/08/1952 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 12 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
09/08/1952 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 28 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
16/08/1952 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 45 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
23/08/1952 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 44 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
30/08/1952 Round 19 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 25 Jack Dyer Des Rowe