1952 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1952 between Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (14.13.97) were defeated by Geelong (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 April 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,679

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 14.13.97 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 13 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Geelong 4 . 1 10 . 6 14 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin MELB by 9 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 2 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 3 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 3 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
29 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Peirce, Terry ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
8 Toyne, Ian ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 2 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 3 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo ? ? 1 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 3 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 13

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