1952 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1952 between Hawthorn and Collingwood during round one of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Collingwood at Glenferrie Oval. Peter O'Donohue captained the hosts. Lou Richards captained the visitors with Neil Mann as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Hawthorn (2.8.20) were defeated by Collingwood (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 April 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Collingwood
Score: 2.8.20 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 1 2 . 3 2 . 6 2 . 8 2 . 8 (20)
Collingwood 3 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 11 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin COLL by 13 COLL by 34 COLL by 47 COLL by 86 COLL by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter O'Donohue
Coach: Jack Hale

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Goal Umpires

T. Jones

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom FF ? 1 ?
22 Black, Norm BPL ? 0 ?
5 Cash, Pat CHF ? 0 ?
1 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
26 Edwards, George RU ? 0 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted FPL ? 0 ?
23 Gibb, Ray CHB ? 0 ?
11 Hancock, Peter HBFR ? 0 ?
2 Hartigan, Jack SUB↑ ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
21 MacDonald, Jack FPR ? 0 ?
24 Marr, Jack HFFR ? 1 ?
20 McKinnon, Vic SUB ? 0 ?
15 O'Brien, Phil HFFL↓ ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive BPR ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy RO ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 8

J. Hartigan replaced P. O'Brien during the fourth quarter.

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Aitken, Ken ? ? 1 ?
5 Coghlan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
6 Dunstan, Maurie ? ? 5 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 1 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 0 ?
18 Parker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Richards, Lou (c) ? ? 3 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 2 ?
23 Swan, Neville ? ? 0 ?
15 Tebble, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Turner, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 1 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Jack Hale
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






26 G. Edwards 2 J. Hartigan
21 J. MacDonald 4 T. Allsop 23 T. Fletcher 10 J. Kennedy 20 V. McKinnon
FORWARD 27 R. Simmonds

HALF-BACK













24 J. Marr 5 P. Cash 15 P. O'Brien



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













11 P. Hancock 23 R. Gibb 14 P. O'Donohue (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 C. Philp 1 L. Crane 22 N. Black



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne