1952 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1952 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Oakleigh were the premiers, with George Smeaton as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1952 VFA Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 144

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Jim Bohan
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval
Northcote Northcote Park
Oakleigh Warrawee Park George Smeaton
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Jim Cleary
Prahran Toorak Park Bill Faul
Preston Preston City Oval Bert Deacon
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Pat Bourke
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval Gordon Ogden

Season Results

Premiers: Oakleigh
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 18 -0- 2 72 153.5% 1,911 1,245 269 297 171 219
Coburg 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 134.4% 1,709 1,272 241 263 177 210
Oakleigh 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 126.0% 1,587 1,260 222 255 172 228
Yarraville 4th 13 -0- 7 52 107.1% 1,536 1,434 219 222 200 234
Brunswick 5th 12 -0- 8 48 102.0% 1,400 1,372 195 230 194 208
Camberwell 6th 11 -1- 8 46 103.5% 1,411 1,363 202 199 188 235
Prahran 7th 11 -0- 9 44 100.6% 1,510 1,501 211 244 211 235
Moorabbin 8th 10 -0- 10 40 98.1% 1,301 1,326 177 239 189 192
Northcote 9th 10 -0- 10 40 96.2% 1,270 1,320 171 244 186 204
Williamstown 10th 8 -0- 12 32 112.5% 1,767 1,571 255 237 224 227
Preston 11th 7 -1- 12 30 94.9% 1,495 1,576 212 223 223 238
Sandringham 12th 7 -0- 13 28 80.0% 1,393 1,742 195 223 246 266
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 18 8 66.2% 1,228 1,856 176 172 265 266
Brighton 14th 2 -0- 18 8 60.4% 1,036 1,716 144 172 243 258

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Oakleigh 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Coburg 3rd Defeated by Oakleigh (Preliminary Final)
Yarraville 4th Defeated by Oakleigh (Semi Final)
Brunswick 5th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 6th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 7th Did not qualify for finals
Moorabbin 8th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 9th Did not qualify for finals
Williamstown 10th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 11th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 12th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 13th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Yarraville Box Hill City Oval 77 - 89 1,500
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 38 - 51
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Moorabbin Northcote Park 52 - 68 1,470
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 94 - 33 3,300
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 89 - 88 2,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 76 - 45 3,500
SAT 19/04/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 47 - 104 4,500

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 221.3% 104 47
Sandringham 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 168.9% 76 45
Camberwell 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 134.2% 51 38
Moorabbin 4th 1 -0- 0 4 130.8% 68 52
Yarraville 5th 1 -0- 0 4 115.6% 89 77
Prahran 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.1% 89 88
Brunswick 7th 1 -0- 0 4 35.1% 33 94
Oakleigh 8th 0 -0- 1 0 284.8% 94 33
Preston 9th 0 -0- 1 0 98.9% 88 89
Box Hill 10th 0 -0- 1 0 86.5% 77 89
Northcote 11th 0 -0- 1 0 76.5% 52 68
Coburg 12th 0 -0- 1 0 74.5% 38 51
Brighton 13th 0 -0- 1 0 59.2% 45 76
Williamstown 14th 0 -0- 1 0 45.2% 47 104

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 69 - 120
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 131 - 66
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Northcote Camberwell Sportsground 68 - 100
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Moorabbin Oval 84 - 66
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 111 - 94
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 107 - 103
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 82 - 74

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 152.5% 215 141
Moorabbin 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 128.8% 152 118
Yarraville 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 113.2% 171 151
Brunswick 4th 2 -0- 0 8 102.5% 164 160
Oakleigh 5th 1 -0- 1 4 209.8% 214 102
Northcote 6th 1 -0- 1 4 111.8% 152 136
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 1 4 110.1% 142 129
Preston 8th 1 -0- 1 4 101.6% 195 192
Prahran 9th 1 -0- 1 4 95.9% 163 170
Camberwell 10th 1 -0- 1 4 86.2% 119 138
Coburg 11th 0 -0- 2 0 81.5% 132 162
Williamstown 12th 0 -0- 2 0 71.1% 150 211
Box Hill 13th 0 -0- 2 0 65.0% 143 220
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 2 0 58.2% 114 196

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brighton Box Hill City Oval 86 - 84
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 91 - 117
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 43 - 54
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 110 - 56
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 69 - 65
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 75 - 76
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 99 - 86

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 146.2% 269 184
Yarraville 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 113.9% 270 237
Oakleigh 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 205.1% 324 158
Brunswick 4th 2 -0- 1 8 100.0% 229 229
Prahran 5th 2 -0- 1 8 98.7% 232 235
Camberwell 6th 2 -0- 1 8 91.5% 195 213
Moorabbin 7th 2 -0- 1 8 91.2% 208 228
Sandringham 8th 1 -0- 2 4 105.9% 217 205
Northcote 9th 1 -0- 2 4 102.6% 195 190
Preston 10th 1 -0- 2 4 96.6% 281 291
Williamstown 11th 1 -0- 2 4 88.4% 267 302
Box Hill 12th 1 -0- 2 4 75.3% 229 304
Coburg 13th 0 -0- 3 0 79.9% 223 279
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 3 0 70.2% 198 282

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 74 - 135
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 61 - 34
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 68 - 121
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Moorabbin Oval 72 - 62
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 81 - 42
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 72 - 119
SAT 10/05/1952 2:30 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 73 - 81

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 154.9% 350 226
Oakleigh 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 196.9% 445 226
Prahran 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 118.8% 367 309
Brunswick 4th 3 -0- 1 12 110.3% 290 263
Yarraville 5th 3 -0- 1 12 102.0% 304 298
Moorabbin 6th 3 -0- 1 12 96.6% 280 290
Northcote 7th 2 -0- 2 8 104.9% 276 263
Camberwell 8th 2 -0- 2 8 78.7% 263 334
Coburg 9th 1 -0- 3 4 97.4% 342 351
Sandringham 10th 1 -0- 3 4 90.6% 259 286
Williamstown 11th 1 -0- 3 4 88.8% 340 383
Preston 12th 1 -0- 3 4 86.1% 353 410
Box Hill 13th 1 -0- 3 4 77.4% 291 376
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 4 0 65.2% 272 417

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 55 - 85
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 94 - 72
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 59 - 71
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 71 - 72
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Moorabbin Toorak Park 97 - 58
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 92 - 81
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brighton Yarraville Oval 106 - 58

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 142.1% 422 297
Prahran 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 126.4% 464 367
Yarraville 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 115.2% 410 356
Brunswick 4th 4 -0- 1 16 114.6% 384 335
Oakleigh 5th 3 -0- 2 12 173.2% 516 298
Camberwell 6th 3 -0- 2 12 89.5% 348 389
Moorabbin 7th 3 -0- 2 12 87.3% 338 387
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 3 8 100.7% 413 410
Northcote 9th 2 -0- 3 8 100.3% 335 334
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 3 8 95.6% 351 367
Williamstown 11th 1 -0- 4 4 88.6% 421 475
Preston 12th 1 -0- 4 4 84.3% 425 504
Box Hill 13th 1 -0- 4 4 75.1% 346 461
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 5 0 63.1% 330 523

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 67 - 89
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 104 - 74
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 88 - 53
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Moorabbin Oval 88 - 93
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 148 - 79
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Preston City Oval 85 - 71
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 58 - 69

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 0 24 151.6% 570 376
Brunswick 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 117.7% 473 402
Yarraville 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 113.3% 503 444
Oakleigh 4th 4 -0- 2 16 164.3% 585 356
Prahran 5th 4 -0- 2 16 114.2% 538 471
Camberwell 6th 4 -0- 2 16 97.6% 452 463
Coburg 7th 3 -0- 3 12 108.2% 501 463
Moorabbin 8th 3 -0- 3 12 88.8% 426 480
Northcote 9th 2 -0- 4 8 96.9% 406 419
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 4 8 88.8% 404 455
Preston 11th 2 -0- 4 8 88.7% 510 575
Williamstown 12th 1 -0- 5 4 88.1% 479 544
Box Hill 13th 1 -0- 5 4 69.8% 425 609
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 6 0 64.9% 397 612

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 71 - 59
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 65 - 74
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 72 - 110
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 60 - 77
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 113 - 42
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 94 - 64
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 51 - 37

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 0 28 148.4% 647 436
Yarraville 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 115.2% 554 481
Brunswick 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 113.0% 538 476
Oakleigh 4th 4 -0- 3 16 141.0% 657 466
Coburg 5th 4 -0- 3 16 114.2% 611 535
Prahran 6th 4 -0- 3 16 109.1% 598 548
Camberwell 7th 4 -0- 3 16 95.1% 489 514
Moorabbin 8th 4 -0- 3 16 91.7% 500 545
Preston 9th 3 -0- 4 12 101.0% 623 617
Sandringham 10th 3 -0- 4 12 96.0% 498 519
Northcote 11th 2 -0- 5 8 91.6% 470 513
Box Hill 12th 2 -0- 5 8 74.3% 496 668
Williamstown 13th 1 -0- 6 4 87.5% 538 615
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 7 0 60.6% 439 725

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 142 - 60
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 139 - 66
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 108 - 69
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 77 - 49
MON 09/06/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 48 - 70
MON 09/06/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brighton Moorabbin Oval 91 - 34
MON 09/06/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Northcote Park 47 - 82

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 0 32 156.6% 786 502
Brunswick 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 116.0% 608 524
Yarraville 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 100.0% 620 620
Oakleigh 4th 5 -0- 3 20 144.1% 739 513
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 3 20 126.6% 753 595
Moorabbin 6th 5 -0- 3 20 102.1% 591 579
Prahran 7th 4 -0- 4 16 103.5% 647 625
Sandringham 8th 4 -0- 4 16 103.1% 606 588
Camberwell 9th 4 -0- 4 16 92.0% 537 584
Preston 10th 3 -0- 5 12 95.4% 692 725
Williamstown 11th 2 -0- 6 8 92.6% 615 664
Northcote 12th 2 -0- 6 8 86.9% 517 595
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 6 8 68.6% 556 810
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 8 0 58.0% 473 816

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Northcote Box Hill City Oval 41 - 56
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 54 - 107
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 83 - 112
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 117 - 102
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 99 - 137
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Moorabbin Preston City Oval 93 - 45
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 115 - 105

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 0 36 153.5% 898 585
Yarraville 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 101.4% 735 725
Oakleigh 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 139.2% 856 615
Coburg 4th 6 -0- 3 24 128.2% 890 694
Brunswick 5th 6 -0- 3 24 108.6% 691 636
Camberwell 6th 5 -0- 4 20 100.9% 644 638
Moorabbin 7th 5 -0- 4 20 94.6% 636 672
Preston 8th 4 -0- 5 16 101.9% 785 770
Sandringham 9th 4 -0- 5 16 100.4% 708 705
Prahran 10th 4 -0- 5 16 97.9% 746 762
Northcote 11th 3 -0- 6 12 90.1% 573 636
Williamstown 12th 2 -0- 7 8 92.4% 720 779
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 7 8 68.9% 597 866
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 9 0 57.1% 527 923

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Moorabbin Camberwell Sportsground 57 - 52
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 76 - 52
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 62 - 39
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 68 - 60
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 95 - 15
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 96 - 84
SAT 21/06/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 49 - 65

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 0 40 165.5% 993 600
Oakleigh 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 136.9% 924 675
Coburg 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 129.5% 966 746
Brunswick 4th 7 -0- 3 28 110.4% 756 685
Yarraville 5th 7 -0- 3 28 98.3% 787 801
Camberwell 6th 6 -0- 4 24 101.6% 701 690
Sandringham 7th 5 -0- 5 20 101.9% 804 789
Moorabbin 8th 5 -0- 5 20 94.4% 688 729
Preston 9th 4 -0- 6 16 100.8% 845 838
Prahran 10th 4 -0- 6 16 95.3% 785 824
Northcote 11th 4 -0- 6 16 94.1% 635 675
Williamstown 12th 2 -0- 8 8 91.1% 769 844
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 8 8 70.8% 681 962
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 10 0 53.2% 542 1,018

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 56 - 92
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 64 - 80
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 37 - 41
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 78 - 51
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 69 - 69
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 38 - 47
SAT 28/06/1952 2:50 PM Box Hill v Oakleigh Box Hill City Oval 31 - 49

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 0 44 162.3% 1,034 637
Oakleigh 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 137.8% 973 706
Coburg 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 129.1% 1,046 810
Brunswick 4th 7 -0- 4 28 107.2% 820 765
Yarraville 5th 7 -0- 4 28 97.3% 825 848
Camberwell 6th 6 -1- 4 26 101.4% 770 759
Prahran 7th 5 -0- 6 20 98.6% 863 875
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 6 20 98.6% 855 867
Northcote 9th 5 -0- 6 20 95.7% 682 713
Moorabbin 10th 5 -0- 6 20 94.2% 725 770
Preston 11th 4 -1- 6 18 100.8% 914 907
Williamstown 12th 3 -0- 8 12 95.7% 861 900
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 9 8 70.4% 712 1,011
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 11 0 53.9% 598 1,110

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 54 - 56
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 76 - 30
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 58 - 36
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 62 - 71
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 71 - 52
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 37 - 95
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 84 - 45

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 0 48 160.4% 1,105 689
Coburg 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 133.6% 1,122 840
Oakleigh 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 133.2% 1,035 777
Yarraville 4th 8 -0- 4 32 104.0% 920 885
Brunswick 5th 7 -0- 5 28 104.0% 856 823
Camberwell 6th 6 -1- 5 26 99.0% 822 830
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 6 24 99.7% 934 937
Northcote 8th 6 -0- 6 24 98.8% 740 749
Preston 9th 5 -1- 6 22 100.9% 970 961
Sandringham 10th 5 -0- 7 20 92.7% 892 962
Moorabbin 11th 5 -0- 7 20 90.2% 770 854
Williamstown 12th 4 -0- 8 16 100.0% 945 945
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 10 8 71.8% 766 1,067
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 12 0 53.0% 628 1,186

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 52 - 63
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 85 - 42
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Box Hill Toorak Park 86 - 67
SAT 19/07/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 111 - 48
SAT 19/07/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Coburg Moorabbin Oval 41 - 45
SAT 19/07/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 51 - 108
SAT 19/07/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 53 - 54

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 0 52 163.9% 1,213 740
Coburg 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 132.5% 1,167 881
Oakleigh 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 131.2% 1,089 830
Brunswick 4th 8 -0- 5 32 108.8% 941 865
Yarraville 5th 8 -0- 5 32 103.6% 973 939
Camberwell 6th 7 -1- 5 30 106.3% 933 878
Prahran 7th 7 -0- 6 28 101.6% 1,020 1,004
Northcote 8th 7 -0- 6 28 100.2% 803 801
Preston 9th 5 -1- 7 22 95.5% 1,021 1,069
Moorabbin 10th 5 -0- 8 20 90.2% 811 899
Sandringham 11th 5 -0- 8 20 89.2% 934 1,047
Williamstown 12th 4 -0- 9 16 94.0% 993 1,056
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 11 8 72.2% 833 1,153
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 13 0 54.4% 680 1,249

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 46 - 60
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 64 - 52
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 21 - 90
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Northcote Moorabbin Oval 48 - 15
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 85 - 111
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 49 - 84
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 94 - 56

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 1 52 152.5% 1,298 851
Coburg 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 139.4% 1,257 902
Oakleigh 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 127.6% 1,141 894
Brunswick 4th 9 -0- 5 36 109.6% 1,005 917
Yarraville 5th 9 -0- 5 36 107.2% 1,067 995
Prahran 6th 8 -0- 6 32 104.8% 1,104 1,053
Camberwell 7th 7 -1- 6 30 98.6% 954 968
Northcote 8th 7 -0- 7 28 96.3% 818 849
Moorabbin 9th 6 -0- 8 24 94.0% 859 914
Sandringham 10th 6 -0- 8 24 90.9% 994 1,093
Preston 11th 5 -1- 8 22 92.8% 1,070 1,153
Williamstown 12th 5 -0- 9 20 96.8% 1,104 1,141
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 12 8 71.3% 889 1,247
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 14 0 55.5% 726 1,309

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 55 - 69
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 65 - 44
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 62 - 92
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 75 - 50
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 72 - 48
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 71 - 93
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 119 - 75

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 2 52 146.5% 1,342 916
Coburg 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 139.7% 1,322 946
Oakleigh 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 128.8% 1,216 944
Brunswick 4th 10 -0- 5 40 110.5% 1,074 972
Prahran 5th 9 -0- 6 36 106.8% 1,176 1,101
Yarraville 6th 9 -0- 6 36 104.5% 1,115 1,067
Camberwell 7th 8 -1- 6 34 101.6% 1,046 1,030
Moorabbin 8th 7 -0- 8 28 96.6% 952 985
Northcote 9th 7 -0- 8 28 93.5% 880 941
Williamstown 10th 6 -0- 9 24 100.6% 1,223 1,216
Sandringham 11th 6 -0- 9 24 89.8% 1,065 1,186
Preston 12th 5 -1- 9 22 90.0% 1,145 1,272
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 13 8 71.7% 944 1,316
Brighton 14th 0 -0- 15 0 56.1% 776 1,384

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 55 - 40
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 74 - 67
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 76 - 56
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Oakleigh Moorabbin Oval 47 - 85
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 84 - 57
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 99 - 40
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 55 - 66

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 2 56 146.6% 1,426 973
Coburg 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 138.7% 1,388 1,001
Oakleigh 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 131.3% 1,301 991
Brunswick 4th 11 -0- 5 44 110.5% 1,148 1,039
Camberwell 5th 9 -1- 6 38 103.3% 1,122 1,086
Prahran 6th 9 -0- 7 36 105.8% 1,243 1,175
Yarraville 7th 9 -0- 7 36 99.1% 1,155 1,166
Moorabbin 8th 7 -0- 9 28 93.4% 999 1,070
Northcote 9th 7 -0- 9 28 91.4% 937 1,025
Preston 10th 6 -1- 9 26 94.8% 1,244 1,312
Williamstown 11th 6 -0- 10 24 99.7% 1,278 1,282
Sandringham 12th 6 -0- 10 24 88.8% 1,121 1,262
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 14 8 71.8% 984 1,371
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 15 4 58.4% 831 1,424

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 67 - 82
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 94 - 67
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 96 - 83
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 44 - 57
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 82 - 31
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 73 - 76
SAT 16/08/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 126 - 73

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 2 60 143.6% 1,502 1,046
Coburg 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 138.8% 1,482 1,068
Oakleigh 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 128.3% 1,345 1,048
Brunswick 4th 11 -0- 6 44 104.8% 1,221 1,165
Camberwell 5th 10 -1- 6 42 104.3% 1,179 1,130
Prahran 6th 10 -0- 7 40 109.9% 1,325 1,206
Yarraville 7th 10 -0- 7 40 103.4% 1,281 1,239
Moorabbin 8th 8 -0- 9 32 95.1% 1,081 1,137
Northcote 9th 8 -0- 9 32 93.2% 1,033 1,108
Preston 10th 6 -1- 10 26 93.2% 1,311 1,406
Williamstown 11th 6 -0- 11 24 98.8% 1,361 1,378
Sandringham 12th 6 -0- 11 24 89.2% 1,194 1,338
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 15 8 72.3% 1,051 1,453
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 16 4 57.2% 862 1,506

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 59 - 64
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Box Hill Camberwell Sportsground 97 - 61
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 104 - 51
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Prahran Moorabbin Oval 70 - 42
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 93 - 72
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 78 - 58
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 176 - 44

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 2 64 142.7% 1,595 1,118
Coburg 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 141.7% 1,586 1,119
Camberwell 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 107.1% 1,276 1,191
Oakleigh 4th 11 -0- 7 44 124.2% 1,417 1,141
Yarraville 5th 11 -0- 7 44 103.6% 1,345 1,298
Brunswick 6th 11 -0- 7 44 102.9% 1,279 1,243
Prahran 7th 10 -0- 8 40 107.1% 1,367 1,276
Moorabbin 8th 9 -0- 9 36 97.6% 1,151 1,179
Northcote 9th 8 -0- 10 32 89.4% 1,084 1,212
Preston 10th 7 -1- 10 30 94.9% 1,389 1,464
Williamstown 11th 7 -0- 11 28 108.1% 1,537 1,422
Sandringham 12th 6 -0- 12 24 81.8% 1,238 1,514
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 16 8 71.7% 1,112 1,550
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 17 4 58.7% 921 1,570

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 64 - 151
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 73 - 40
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 37 - 33
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 97 - 75
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 80 - 60
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 80 - 79
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Yarraville v Moorabbin Yarraville Oval 99 - 61

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 17 -0- 2 68 147.7% 1,746 1,182
Coburg 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 138.9% 1,665 1,199
Oakleigh 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 124.5% 1,514 1,216
Yarraville 4th 12 -0- 7 48 106.3% 1,444 1,359
Brunswick 5th 12 -0- 7 48 105.4% 1,352 1,283
Camberwell 6th 11 -1- 7 46 105.1% 1,336 1,271
Prahran 7th 11 -0- 8 44 108.3% 1,447 1,336
Moorabbin 8th 9 -0- 10 36 94.8% 1,212 1,278
Northcote 9th 9 -0- 10 36 90.0% 1,121 1,245
Preston 10th 7 -1- 11 30 94.7% 1,422 1,501
Williamstown 11th 7 -0- 12 28 106.1% 1,612 1,519
Sandringham 12th 7 -0- 12 28 82.7% 1,318 1,593
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 17 8 69.1% 1,176 1,701
Brighton 14th 1 -0- 18 4 58.5% 961 1,643

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 75 - 73
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sportsground 75 - 92
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 44 - 73
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brunswick Moorabbin Oval 89 - 48
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 149 - 75
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 165 - 63
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill WCG 155 - 52

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 18 -0- 2 72 153.5% 1,911 1,245
Coburg 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 134.4% 1,709 1,272
Oakleigh 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 126.0% 1,587 1,260
Yarraville 4th 13 -0- 7 52 107.1% 1,536 1,434
Brunswick 5th 12 -0- 8 48 102.0% 1,400 1,372
Camberwell 6th 11 -1- 8 46 103.5% 1,411 1,363
Prahran 7th 11 -0- 9 44 100.6% 1,510 1,501
Moorabbin 8th 10 -0- 10 40 98.1% 1,301 1,326
Northcote 9th 10 -0- 10 40 96.2% 1,270 1,320
Williamstown 10th 8 -0- 12 32 112.5% 1,767 1,571
Preston 11th 7 -1- 12 30 94.9% 1,495 1,576
Sandringham 12th 7 -0- 13 28 80.0% 1,393 1,742
Box Hill 13th 2 -0- 18 8 66.2% 1,228 1,856
Brighton 14th 2 -0- 18 8 60.4% 1,036 1,716

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1952 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Junction Oval 94 - 93 16,000
SAT 20/09/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg Junction Oval 74 - 41 16,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1952 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Junction Oval 58 - 77 17,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1952 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh Junction Oval 63 - 84 39,500