1952 VFL Season Round 6: Collingwood v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1952 between Collingwood and Footscray during round six of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League.
Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park.
Lou Richards captained the hosts with Neil Mann as vice-captain.
Charlie Sutton captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.
Collingwood (12.19.91) defeated Footscray (4.5.29).
Match Details
Season:
1952 VFL Season
Round:
Round 6
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Footscray
Date:
Saturday 31 May 1952
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Victoria Park
Attendance:
20,500
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Footscray
Score:
12.19.91 - 4.5.29
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 2 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 13 | 12 | . | 19 | 12 | . | 19 | (91) |
| Footscray | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 5 | (29) |
| Margin | FOOT by 1 | COLL by 42 | COLL by 50 | COLL by 62 | COLL by 62 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Collingwood
Captain: Lou RichardsVice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne
Footscray
Captain: Charlie SuttonCoach: Charlie Sutton
Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Aitken, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Coghlan, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Dunstan, Maurie | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 8 | Hamilton, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Hams, George | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Healey, Des | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Hocking, Gordon | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Kingston, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Lucas, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Mann, Neil (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Merrett, Thorold | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 2 | Richards, Lou (c) | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | Richards, Ron | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 33 | Rose, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Rose, Bob | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 15 | Tebble, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Turner, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Twomey, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Twomey, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Twomey, Pat | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 19 | |||
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Angus | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Bryden, Dave | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Duffy, Roger | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Edwards, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Gallagher, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Gilmore, Brian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 10 | Harper, Roy | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | Henderson, Herb | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Kent, Len | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | King, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Martin, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | McRae, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Reynolds, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Rogers, Allen | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Sutton, Charlie (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Wearmouth, Dick | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 4 | 5 | |||