1952 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1952 between Footscray and St Kilda during round eight of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Yallourn Oval. The hosts were coached by Wally Donald and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Footscray (5.4.34) were defeated by St Kilda (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 14 June 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Yallourn Oval
Attendance: 3,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 5.4.34 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 1 . 2 2 . 4 5 . 4 5 . 4 (34)
St Kilda 2 . 1 6 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin STKL by 6 STKL by 30 STKL by 24 STKL by 15 STKL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Wally Donald (caretaker)

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Boundary Umpires

H. Forsyth
C. Smithwick

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus HBFL ? 0 ?
32 Aked, Frank SUB ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John WR ? 0 ?
29 Beal, Stan HFFL ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave RU ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally BPL ? 1 ?
7 Duffy, Roger HFFR ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur RU ? 1 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy CHF ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb FB ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby SUB ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan CHB ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug RO ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen FPR ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don C ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill FPL ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick WL ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted FF ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 4

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Banfield, Ron SUB ? 0 ?
19 Bland, Dave RU ? 0 ?
10 Bloom, Nick RO ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
30 Davidson, Irving SUB ? 1 ?
34 Hibbins, Geoff RU ? 0 ?
23 Langdon, Mark C ? 1 ?
3 Lundgren, Bruce WR ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack HFFL ? 2 ?
18 McNeil, Tom HFFR ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom FB ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max BPL ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken FF ? 1 ?
6 Nisbet, Des HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce CHB ? 0 ?
31 Riley, Cliff FPR ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim CHF ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan FPL ? 1 ?
27 Wandin, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 7

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

Footscray Coach: Wally Donald
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 M. Mollar 21 T. Meehan 11 B. Cameron 18 D. Bryden 32 F. Aked
35 A. Rogers 3 T. Whitten 26 B. Scanlan 21 A. Edwards 23 A. Linton
FORWARD 28 D. Reynolds

HALF-BACK



6 D. Nisbet 14 B. Phillips 27 J. Wandin



7 R. Duffy 10 R. Harper 29 S. Beal



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 B. Woinarski 23 M. Langdon 3 B. Lundgren



14 J. Barrett 9 D. Ross 33 D. Wearmouth FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Bland 14 R. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 34 G. Hibbins 30 I. Davidson
2 J. McDonald 20 J. Ross 18 T. McNeil 10 N. Bloom

24 J. Gallagher 19 A. Martin 30 A. Abbey



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 A. Squire 4 K. Mulhall 31 C. Riley



31 J. King 25 H. Henderson 22 W. Donald



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Col Williamson