1952 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1952 between Geelong and Footscray during round two of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong (10.4.64) defeated Footscray (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 26 April 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 10.4.64 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 7 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 4 10 . 4 (64)
Footscray 1 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 11 FOOT by 9 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 3 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 5 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
36 Richardson, Merv ? ? 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) 10 4

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Beal, Stan ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
Isaac, Max ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 2 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 15

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