1952 VFL Season

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

It featured nineteen rounds. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Geelong were the premiers, with Fred Flanagan as the premiership captain and Reg Hickey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1952 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 118

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Perce Bentley
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Allan Ruthven
Footscray Western Oval Charlie Sutton Wally Donald
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jack Hale
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Gordon Lane
St Kilda Junction Oval Col Williamson

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Geelong

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 16 -1- 2 66 134.7% 1,594 1,183 223 256 163 205
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 144.4% 1,528 1,058 208 280 145 188
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 105.4% 1,233 1,170 167 231 158 222
Carlton 4th 11 -2- 6 48 112.4% 1,473 1,310 198 285 179 236
South Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 7 46 105.5% 1,411 1,337 194 247 184 233
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 9 38 103.0% 1,420 1,379 197 238 190 239
North Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 10 36 96.8% 1,352 1,396 192 200 196 220
Essendon 8th 8 -1- 10 34 113.6% 1,579 1,390 228 211 191 244
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 11 32 92.6% 1,281 1,384 182 189 191 238
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 14 20 77.1% 1,052 1,364 142 200 191 218
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 20 69.6% 1,030 1,480 142 178 209 226
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 68.1% 1,071 1,573 145 201 221 247

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Fitzroy 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Carlton 4th Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
South Melbourne 5th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 8th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 9th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 10th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 54 20,500
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 46 - 41 24,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 20 - 106 14,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 97 - 103 24,679
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 67 - 90 22,000
SAT 19/04/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 82 - 74 18,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 1 -0- 0 4 530.0% 106 20
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 134.3% 90 67
Richmond 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 120.0% 54 45
Footscray 4th 1 -0- 0 4 112.2% 46 41
South Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 110.8% 82 74
Geelong 6th 1 -0- 0 4 106.2% 103 97
Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 94.2% 97 103
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 90.2% 74 82
Essendon 9th 0 -0- 1 0 89.1% 41 46
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 1 0 83.3% 45 54
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 74.4% 67 90
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 1 0 18.9% 20 106

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 84 - 89 31,500
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 95 - 62 26,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 96 - 89 21,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 64 - 57 30,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 82 - 62 13,000
SAT 26/04/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 89 - 91 19,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 245.1% 201 82
Richmond 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 127.1% 136 107
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 108.4% 167 154
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 0 8 108.2% 171 158
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 1 4 111.5% 174 156
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 1 4 101.5% 137 135
Footscray 7th 1 -0- 1 4 98.1% 103 105
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 97.9% 188 192
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 2 0 94.2% 163 173
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 83.9% 156 186
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 2 0 71.8% 107 149
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 2 0 43.6% 82 188

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 72 - 92 25,500
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 75 - 51 34,000
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 99 - 34 20,500
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 60 - 74 13,529
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 77 - 66 20,000
SAT 03/05/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 101 - 81 28,500

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 207.5% 276 133
Geelong 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 141.5% 266 188
South Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 113.8% 272 239
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 1 8 104.3% 217 208
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 2 4 99.2% 246 248
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 2 4 93.2% 248 266
Footscray 7th 1 -0- 2 4 92.9% 169 182
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 92.5% 233 252
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 2 4 90.0% 199 221
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 2 4 89.5% 188 210
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 2 4 62.9% 156 248
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 72.4% 197 272

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 87 - 94 28,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 100 19,500
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 52 - 76 20,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 69 - 60 15,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 121 - 111 24,000
SAT 10/05/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 64 - 84 19,500

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 0 16 182.7% 360 197
Geelong 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 153.1% 366 239
South Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 107.8% 332 308
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 106.0% 338 319
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 2 8 101.9% 324 318
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 101.5% 340 335
Hawthorn 7th 2 -0- 2 8 73.1% 225 308
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 3 4 92.2% 344 373
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 3 4 90.5% 275 304
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 3 4 85.7% 221 258
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 3 4 77.9% 250 321
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 73.3% 261 356

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 106 - 56 36,000
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 42 - 41 9,500
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 60 - 36 22,500
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 82 - 46 20,000
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 57 - 71 26,716
SAT 17/05/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 76 - 116 17,500

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 0 20 184.2% 466 253
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 157.2% 448 285
South Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 110.4% 403 365
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 2 12 98.7% 374 379
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 3 8 102.9% 391 380
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 3 8 97.9% 381 389
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 3 8 95.6% 281 294
Carlton 8th 2 -0- 3 8 89.8% 396 441
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 3 8 80.7% 292 362
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 3 8 76.0% 266 350
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 85.7% 390 455
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 5 0 71.4% 337 472

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 94 - 73 12,500
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 91 - 29 20,500
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 44 - 98 14,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 49 - 63 11,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 55 - 79 25,000
SAT 31/05/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 96 - 65 15,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 0 24 197.5% 557 282
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 0 24 155.0% 527 340
South Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 116.0% 499 430
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 3 12 115.3% 489 424
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 3 12 101.4% 444 438
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 3 12 95.3% 490 514
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 3 12 93.7% 429 458
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 4 8 80.5% 310 385
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 4 8 77.9% 357 458
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 4 8 69.2% 310 448
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 5 4 84.7% 439 518
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 6 0 72.4% 410 566

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 24 10,300
SAT 07/06/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 82 - 50 58,563
SAT 07/06/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 80 - 50 11,000
MON 09/06/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 120 - 93 37,500
MON 09/06/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 60 - 69 29,000
MON 09/06/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 110 - 79 26,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 1 24 166.8% 607 364
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 134.8% 620 460
South Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 119.6% 609 509
Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 3 16 107.8% 526 488
Carlton 5th 4 -0- 3 16 100.5% 610 607
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 3 16 96.1% 498 518
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 4 12 111.4% 549 493
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 4 12 87.1% 420 482
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 91.4% 519 568
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 5 8 78.6% 389 495
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 5 8 68.2% 360 528
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 7 0 69.0% 434 629

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Euroa Oval 117 - 80 7,500
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne North Hobart Oval 90 - 70 18,387
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Yallourn Oval 34 - 49 3,500
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood SCG 36 - 72 24,174
SAT 14/06/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Albury Oval 118 - 96 15,000
MON 16/06/1952 7:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Brisbane Showgrounds 86 - 155 28,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 1 28 169.8% 679 400
South Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 120.2% 727 605
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 114.8% 706 615
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 3 20 105.8% 727 687
Essendon 5th 4 -0- 4 16 121.6% 704 579
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 103.1% 596 578
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 4 16 92.4% 510 552
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 4 16 90.5% 534 590
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 89.7% 615 686
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 6 8 77.8% 423 544
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 6 8 68.2% 440 645
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 7 4 72.9% 483 663

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 44 - 60 15,500
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 74 - 75 16,000
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 45 - 50 14,085
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 55 - 35 21,513
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 33 - 39 21,000
SAT 21/06/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 41 - 48 7,500

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 2 28 157.2% 723 460
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 117.1% 761 650
South Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 115.5% 762 660
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 3 24 106.4% 766 720
Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 4 20 102.9% 671 652
Fitzroy 6th 5 -0- 4 20 93.8% 560 597
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 5 16 119.0% 778 654
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 5 16 90.1% 567 629
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 92.5% 675 730
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 6 12 71.1% 488 686
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 7 8 78.8% 468 594
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 8 4 73.7% 524 711

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 112 - 57 12,617
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 38 12,500
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 44 - 70 7,500
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 83 - 46 23,557
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 64 - 39 7,000
SAT 28/06/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 64 - 85 21,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 2 32 154.2% 808 524
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 119.7% 831 694
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 113.0% 878 777
South Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 3 28 110.9% 826 745
Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 108.0% 754 698
Fitzroy 6th 6 -0- 4 24 102.4% 650 635
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 6 16 109.7% 816 744
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 6 16 96.1% 739 769
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 6 16 86.1% 613 712
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 70.4% 532 756
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 8 8 74.4% 525 706
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 9 4 72.6% 563 775

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 79 - 56 21,911
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 76 - 76 21,000
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 41 - 78 11,000
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 73 - 83 25,089
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 46 - 77 15,000
SAT 05/07/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 79 - 85 7,800

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 2 36 152.9% 887 580
Geelong 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 117.8% 907 770
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 116.9% 956 818
South Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 3 32 114.2% 903 791
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 4 28 103.5% 733 708
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 5 24 105.9% 827 781
Essendon 7th 4 -1- 6 18 108.8% 892 820
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 92.8% 785 846
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 7 16 84.6% 669 791
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 8 12 77.7% 610 785
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 8 12 68.7% 573 834
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 10 4 74.7% 642 860

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 50 - 50 24,839
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 71 10,500
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 35 - 58 12,218
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 62 - 33 36,145
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 77 - 44 9,000
SAT 12/07/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 60 - 69 27,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 9 -1- 2 38 120.7% 969 803
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 143.3% 920 642
Carlton 3rd 8 -1- 3 34 115.9% 1,006 868
South Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 4 32 112.0% 963 860
Fitzroy 5th 8 -0- 4 32 105.5% 822 779
Melbourne 6th 6 -1- 5 26 105.5% 877 831
Essendon 7th 5 -1- 6 22 109.2% 961 880
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 7 20 89.3% 746 835
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 8 16 91.6% 856 935
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 8 16 72.6% 631 869
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 9 12 76.5% 645 843
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 11 4 73.2% 686 937

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 53 - 38 21,055
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 87 - 28 12,643
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 42 - 57 17,000
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 110 - 54 21,744
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 47 - 76 18,000
SAT 19/07/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 38 - 44 15,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 10 -1- 2 42 125.9% 1,079 857
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 150.3% 1,007 670
Carlton 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 116.9% 1,059 906
South Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 4 36 112.1% 1,007 898
Fitzroy 5th 9 -0- 4 36 108.7% 898 826
Melbourne 6th 6 -1- 6 26 98.9% 931 941
Essendon 7th 5 -1- 7 22 107.0% 1,003 937
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 8 20 87.0% 793 911
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 9 16 90.5% 894 988
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 9 16 79.3% 702 885
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 9 16 68.9% 659 956
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 12 4 73.8% 724 981

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 36 - 35 26,000
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 57 - 66 22,759
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 62 - 91 11,000
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 78 - 58 14,047
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 53 - 50 15,000
SAT 26/07/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 76 - 76 32,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -1- 2 46 125.3% 1,145 914
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 147.6% 1,042 706
Carlton 3rd 9 -2- 3 40 115.6% 1,135 982
Fitzroy 4th 10 -0- 4 40 108.5% 934 861
South Melbourne 5th 9 -1- 4 38 111.2% 1,083 974
Melbourne 6th 7 -1- 6 30 101.0% 1,009 999
Richmond 7th 6 -0- 8 24 90.9% 884 973
Essendon 8th 5 -1- 8 22 106.4% 1,053 990
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 91.2% 947 1,038
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 10 16 79.8% 759 951
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 10 16 68.9% 721 1,047
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 13 4 73.8% 782 1,059

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 88 - 89 21,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 44 29,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 48 - 57 14,760
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 57 - 85 9,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 74 - 86 19,000
SAT 02/08/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 55 - 70 12,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -1- 2 50 125.4% 1,215 969
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 142.4% 1,131 794
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 108.2% 979 905
South Melbourne 4th 10 -1- 4 42 111.5% 1,169 1,048
Carlton 5th 9 -2- 4 40 114.8% 1,179 1,027
Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 6 34 103.6% 1,094 1,056
North Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 9 24 92.4% 1,004 1,086
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 9 24 90.5% 958 1,059
Essendon 9th 5 -1- 9 22 105.7% 1,141 1,079
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 11 16 80.1% 807 1,008
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 11 16 68.7% 778 1,132
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 14 4 74.1% 837 1,129

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 82 - 83 34,000
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 139 - 55 14,100
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 88 - 40 31,314
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 107 - 60 17,421
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 94 - 66 12,000
SAT 09/08/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 50 - 68 12,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 13 -1- 2 54 129.1% 1,303 1,009
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 149.6% 1,270 849
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 102.6% 1,019 993
South Melbourne 4th 10 -1- 5 42 109.2% 1,219 1,116
Carlton 5th 9 -2- 5 40 113.6% 1,261 1,110
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 6 38 107.6% 1,201 1,116
North Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 9 28 95.3% 1,098 1,152
Essendon 8th 6 -1- 9 26 105.4% 1,224 1,161
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 10 24 88.8% 1,024 1,153
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 11 20 71.6% 846 1,182
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 12 16 77.8% 867 1,115
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 15 4 70.3% 892 1,268

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 88 - 67 42,662
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 147 - 51 12,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 48 - 84 12,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 75 - 103 15,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 89 - 44 11,000
SAT 16/08/1952 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 74 - 66 24,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 14 -1- 2 58 129.7% 1,406 1,084
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 142.7% 1,337 937
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 106.0% 1,103 1,041
South Melbourne 4th 11 -1- 5 46 109.4% 1,293 1,182
Carlton 5th 10 -2- 5 44 114.6% 1,349 1,177
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 7 38 106.5% 1,267 1,190
Essendon 7th 7 -1- 9 30 113.1% 1,371 1,212
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 10 28 93.5% 1,173 1,255
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 10 28 93.0% 1,113 1,197
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 12 20 70.6% 894 1,266
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 13 16 75.7% 911 1,204
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 16 4 66.6% 943 1,415

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 132 - 77 12,000
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 57 29,000
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 50 - 99 20,584
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 111 - 67 21,318
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 82 - 97 16,402
SAT 23/08/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 56 - 92 18,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 15 -1- 2 62 131.8% 1,517 1,151
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 145.5% 1,436 987
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 106.3% 1,167 1,098
Carlton 4th 11 -2- 5 48 116.9% 1,441 1,233
South Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 6 46 108.3% 1,350 1,246
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 8 38 104.8% 1,349 1,287
Essendon 7th 8 -1- 9 34 116.6% 1,503 1,289
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 95.0% 1,270 1,337
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 11 28 90.2% 1,180 1,308
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 13 20 69.5% 971 1,398
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.8% 961 1,303
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 17 4 66.3% 999 1,507

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 71 18,753
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 91 - 61 20,723
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 77 - 32 49,107
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 59 - 82 6,000
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 101 - 76 28,000
SAT 30/08/1952 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 72 - 66 9,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 16 -1- 2 66 134.7% 1,594 1,183
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 144.4% 1,528 1,058
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 105.4% 1,233 1,170
Carlton 4th 11 -2- 6 48 112.4% 1,473 1,310
South Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 7 46 105.5% 1,411 1,337
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 9 38 103.0% 1,420 1,379
North Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 10 36 96.8% 1,352 1,396
Essendon 8th 8 -1- 10 34 113.6% 1,579 1,390
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 11 32 92.6% 1,281 1,384
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 14 20 77.1% 1,052 1,364
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 20 69.6% 1,030 1,480
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 68.1% 1,071 1,573

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 16 -1- 2 66 134.7% 1,594 1,183 223 256 163 205
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 144.4% 1,528 1,058 208 280 145 188
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 105.4% 1,233 1,170 167 231 158 222
Carlton 4th 11 -2- 6 48 112.4% 1,473 1,310 198 285 179 236
South Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 7 46 105.5% 1,411 1,337 194 247 184 233
Melbourne 6th 9 -1- 9 38 103.0% 1,420 1,379 197 238 190 239
North Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 10 36 96.8% 1,352 1,396 192 200 196 220
Essendon 8th 8 -1- 10 34 113.6% 1,579 1,390 228 211 191 244
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 11 32 92.6% 1,281 1,384 182 189 191 238
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 14 20 77.1% 1,052 1,364 142 200 191 218
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 20 69.6% 1,030 1,480 142 178 209 226
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 68.1% 1,071 1,573 145 201 221 247

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1952 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton MCG 69 - 68 59,970
SAT 13/09/1952 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 100 - 46 77,117

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Geelong 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Carlton 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1952 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy MCG 81 - 62 52,462

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Geelong 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Carlton 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1952 2:50 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 86 - 40 82,890

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Geelong 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Carlton 4th