1952 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1952 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eight of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at North Hobart Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. George Bickford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Ruthven and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (13.12.90) defeated Melbourne (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 June 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: North Hobart Oval
Attendance: 18,387

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin FITZ by 20 FITZ by 26 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Melbourne

Captain: George Bickford
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Boundary Umpires

B. Hogan
J. Lee

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Ashman, George SUB ? 0 ?
6 Broderick, Neville BPR ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic FB ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George FPR ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don C ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan RU ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack HFFR ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie CHB ? 0 ?
25 Harding, John SUB↑ ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe CHF ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm FPL ? 1 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack RU ? 0 ?
3 Magee, Tom WL ? 1 ?
31 Ongarello, Tony FF ? 7 ?
32 Roberts, Bob HBFR ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken BPL ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) RO ? 1 ?
18 Streader, Jack HFFL ? 3 ?
13 Wright, Kevin WR↓ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 12

J. Harding replaced K. Wright during the third quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken RO ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance FB ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John HFFR ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George (c) C ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken RU ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel HFFL ? 1 ?
22 Ferguson, John RU ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie WL ? 1 ?
14 Johnston, Bob HBFR ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff CHF ? 2 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob FPL ? 4 ?
5 McLean, Ian WR ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel HBFL ? 0 ?
9 Orr, Max FPR ? 1 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill FF ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart BPL ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
11 Wilson, Jim SUB ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike BPR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

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

Fitzroy Coach: Allan Ruthven
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 S. Spencer 29 L. Arnold 37 M. Woods 33 A. Gale 12 G. Ashman
2 G. Coates 31 T. Ongarello 17 N. Johnstone 14 J. MacGregor 25 J. Harding
FORWARD 7 A. Ruthven (c)

HALF-BACK



35 N. McMahen 20 T. McLean 14 B. Johnston



4 J. Gervasoni 20 J. Hickey 18 J. Streader



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 E. Jackson 16 G. Bickford (c) 5 I. McLean



13 K. Wright 30 D. Furness 3 T. Magee FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Christie 33 J. Thomson
HALF-FORWARD 22 J. Ferguson 11 J. Wilson
26 N. Clarke 17 G. McGivern 30 J. Beckwith 6 K. Albiston

32 B. Roberts 15 E. Goodger 26 J. Gaffney



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 B. McKenzie 28 B. Smeaton 9 M. Orr



6 N. Broderick 24 V. Chanter 22 K. Ross



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith