1952 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 11-1-7, P%: 105.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Gunn (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Lane (33)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Keith Schaefer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gordon Lane

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brew, Frank #3 18 R01-R18 3
Browning, Keith #26 19 R01-R19 0
Clegg, Ron #23 6 R01-R05, R16 0
Deagan, Paddy #30 12 R01, R03, R06-R10, R12-R14, R17, R19 9
Digney, Ron #25 7 R05-R08, R10, R12-R13 1
Dorgan, Jim #11 7 R01-R03, R13-R14, R17-R18 0
Dornau, Erwin #17 11 R01-R09, R11, R15 0
Earl, Don #12 4 R09, R13-R15 0
Eichhorn, Jack #31 17 R01-R02, R05-R19 17
Garrick, Jack #29 18 R02-R19 1
Giles, Bob #9 7 R04, R14-R19 0
Gillett, Ian #28 18 R01-R18 14
Goldsmith, Fred #2 8 R01, R07-R08, R12-R13, R17-R19 1
Green, Lindsay 1 R19 0
Gunn, Bill #8 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R19 19
Harley, Reg #14 4 R01-R04 0
Hilet, Kevin #16 17 R01-R12, R15-R19 0
Lane, Eddie #27 19 R01-R19 24
Lane, Gordon #1 19 R01-R19 33
Lynch, Marty #4 8 R01-R04, R08-R09, R11-R12 11
Murray, Bruce #38 18 R01-R11, R13-R19 5
Nolan, Bill #39 7 R08, R10, R13-R15, R18-R19 3
Paez, Ron #15 16 R01-R07, R09-R13, R16-R19 23
Patterson, Jeff #25 11 R02, R04-R06, R09, R11, R13-R15, R17-R18 1
Rosewarne, Harold #33 4 R16-R19 0
Ryan, Tom #10 11 R05-R08, R10-R12, R16-R19 0
Schaefer, Keith #22 17 R03-R19 4
Scott, Don #34 19 R01-R19 10
Sibun, Mick #7 17 R01-R16, R19 13
Smith, Stan #36 8 R08, R10-R16 0
Taylor, Jim #20 15 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R16, R19 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Tom Ryan Erwin Dornau Jack Garrick
Half-Back: Keith Browning Fred Goldsmith Kevin Hilet
Centre: Bruce Murray Keith Schaefer Frank Brew
Half-Forward: Mick Sibun Gordon Lane Ron Digney
Forward: Ian Gillett Paddy Deagan Jack Eichhorn
Follower: Bill Nolan Don Scott Eddie Lane
Interchange: Marty Lynch Stan Smith

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)
Lane, Gordon 19 11 -1- 7 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1952 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 8 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
26/04/1952 Round 2 Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 5 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
03/05/1952 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 20 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
10/05/1952 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 9 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
17/05/1952 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 14 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
31/05/1952 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 31 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
09/06/1952 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 31 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
14/06/1952 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 22 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
21/06/1952 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 20 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
28/06/1952 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 21 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
05/07/1952 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 31 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
12/07/1952 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 9 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
19/07/1952 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 6 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
26/07/1952 Round 14 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
02/08/1952 Round 15 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 12 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
09/08/1952 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 18 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
16/08/1952 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 8 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
23/08/1952 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 7 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
30/08/1952 Round 19 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 30 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane