1952 VFL Round 4: Hawthorn v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1952 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round 4 of the 1952 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted South Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Peter O'Donohue captained the hosts. Gordon Lane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Hale and the visitors were coached by Gordon Lane.

Hawthorn
Back: N. Black, L. Crane, C. Philp
Half-back: P. O'Donohue (capt.), J. Douglas, J. Robison
Centre: N. Pearson, J. O'Mahoney, L. Wilkinson
Half-forward: R. Simmonds, V. McKinnon, P. Cash
Forward: P. Hancock, T. Allsop, M. Fitchett
Follower: T. Fletcher, J. Kennedy, J. MacDonald
Sub.: A. Le Nepveu, F. Wain

South Melbourne
G. Lane (capt.), F. Brew, K. Browning, R. Clegg, E. Dornau, J. Garrick, B. Giles, I. Gillett, B. Gunn, R. Harley, K. Hilet, E. Lane, M. Lynch, B. Murray, R. Paez, J. Patterson, K. Schaefer, D. Scott, M. Sibun, J. Taylor

Hawthorn (11.3.69) defeated South Melbourne (8.12.60).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: T. Allsop (4), M. Fitchett (3), P. Hancock (2), P. Cash, J. Kennedy
South Melbourne: E. Lane (2), I. Gillett, B. Gunn, G. Lane, R. Paez, D. Scott, M. Sibun

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 7th on the ladder (up from 11th) and South Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 May 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.3.69 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 3 5 . 3 9 . 3 11 . 3 11 . 3 (69)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 7 7 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin HWTH by 1 SMLB by 10 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jack Hale (Hawthorn), Gordon Lane (South Melbourne)
Captains: Peter O'Donohue (Hawthorn), Gordon Lane (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: W. Roach

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom FF ? 4 ?
22 Black, Norm BPL ? 0 ?
5 Cash, Pat HFFR ? 1 ?
1 Crane, Len FB ? 0 ?
30 Douglas, Jack CHB ? 0 ?
6 Fitchett, Mike FPR ? 3 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted RU ? 0 ?
11 Hancock, Peter FPL ? 2 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 1 ?
19 Le Nepveu, Allan SUB↑ ? 0 ?
21 MacDonald, Jack RO ? 0 ?
20 McKinnon, Vic CHF ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter (c) HBFL ? 0 ?
3 O'Mahoney, John C ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL↓ ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive BPR ? 0 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy HFFL ? 0 ?
33 Wain, Fred SUB ? 0 ?
16 Wilkinson, Lance WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 3

A. Le Nepveu replaced N. Pearson during the fourth quarter.

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Brew, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Browning, Keith ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dornau, Erwin ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Giles, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 1 ?
8 Gunn, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Harley, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 2 ?
1 Lane, Gordon (c) ? ? 1 ?
4 Lynch, Marty ? ? 0 ?
38 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Paez, Ron ? ? 1 ?
25 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 1 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 1 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 12

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






23 T. Fletcher 19 A. Le Nepveu
6 M. Fitchett 4 T. Allsop 11 P. Hancock 10 J. Kennedy 33 F. Wain
FORWARD 21 J. MacDonald

HALF-BACK













5 P. Cash 20 V. McKinnon 27 R. Simmonds



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 L. Wilkinson 3 J. O'Mahoney 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













12 J. Robison 30 J. Douglas 14 P. O'Donohue (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 C. Philp 1 L. Crane 22 N. Black



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Gordon Lane