1952 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1952 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (6.10.46) defeated Essendon (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 April 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 6.10.46 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Essendon 4 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin ESSE by 24 FOOT by 4 ESSE by 1 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 3 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Martini, Ray ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 1 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 5

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