1952 VFL Season Grand Final: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 1952 between Geelong and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Lou Richards captained the visitors with Neil Mann as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Geelong (13.8.86) defeated Collingwood (5.10.40).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 27 September 1952
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 82,890

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 13.8.86 - 5.10.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 3 11 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Collingwood 1 . 1 3 . 3 5 . 3 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Collingwood

Captain: Lou Richards
Vice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Goal Umpires

F. Leverett
C. White

Boundary Umpires

R. Haughton
H. Kent

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 5 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 4 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Aitken, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Batchelor, Keith ? ? 0 ?
6 Dunstan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
35 Finck, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
19 Hickey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 2 ?
18 Parker, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Rose, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s