1952 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1952 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round two of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (13.11.89) were defeated by Melbourne (12.19.91).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 April 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 4 8 . 6 12 . 10 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 6 9 . 10 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin level STKL by 12 STKL by 18 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Goal Umpires

A. Rees

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Bloom, Nick ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
30 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 2 ?
34 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 6 ?
18 McNeil, Tom ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
24 Mitchinson, Max ? ? 1 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Sutherland, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 11

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 2 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 4 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
29 McKaige, Ken ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
15 Peirce, Terry ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 19

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