1952 VFL Round 1: Hawthorn v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1952 between Hawthorn and Collingwood during round 1 of the 1952 VFL season. 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
Back: N. Black, L. Crane, C. Philp
Half-back: P. O'Donohue (capt.), R. Gibb, P. Hancock
Centre: N. Pearson, J. O'Mahoney, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward: P. O'Brien, P. Cash, J. Marr
Forward: T. Fletcher, T. Allsop, J. MacDonald
Follower: G. Edwards, J. Kennedy, R. Simmonds
Sub.: J. Hartigan, V. McKinnon

Collingwood
L. Richards (capt.), N. Mann (vice-capt.), K. Aitken, K. Coghlan, M. Dunstan, A. Gooch, J. Hamilton, G. Hams, D. Healey, R. Kingston, P. Lucas, T. Merrett, J. Parker, R. Richards, B. Rose, N. Swan, B. Tebble, B. Turner, B. Twomey, M. Twomey

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

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: T. Allsop, J. Marr
Collingwood: M. Dunstan (5), L. Richards (3), B. Rose (2), K. Aitken, A. Gooch, N. Mann, B. Twomey, M. Twomey

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 12th on the ladder and Collingwood were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captains: Peter O'Donohue (Hawthorn), Lou Richards (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Neil Mann (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Barbour
Goal Umpire: 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