1952 VFL Season Round 5: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1952 between St Kilda and Essendon during round five of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Williamson and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

St Kilda (11.10.76) were defeated by Essendon (18.8.116).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 11.10.76 - 18.8.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 1 6 . 3 7 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Essendon 7 . 1 8 . 3 12 . 6 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Margin ESSE by 24 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Battams, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 2 ?
10 Bloom, Nick ? ? 4 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
16 Solomon, John ? ? 2 ?
27 Wandin, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Coleman, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 8 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 2 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 2 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
6 Morris, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 8

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