1952 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1952 between Footscray and Melbourne during round four of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wally Donald and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (6.16.52) were defeated by Melbourne (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 May 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.16.52 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 5 . 6 5 . 10 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 7 8 . 16 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin MELB by 2 FOOT by 5 MELB by 24 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Wally Donald (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 2 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
18 Lack, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
9 Orr, Max ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 5 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 3 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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