1952 VFL 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 8 of the 1952 VFL season.
Footscray hosted St Kilda at Yallourn Oval.
The hosts were coached by Wally Donald and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.
Footscray
Back:
W. Donald, H. Henderson, J. King
Half-back:
A. Abbey, A. Martin, J. Gallagher
Centre:
D. Wearmouth, D. Ross, J. Barrett
Half-forward:
S. Beal, R. Harper, R. Duffy
Forward:
B. Scanlan, T. Whitten, A. Rogers
Follower:
D. Bryden, A. Edwards, D. Reynolds
Sub.:
F. Aked, A. Linton
St Kilda
Back:
M. Mollar, T. Meehan, B. Cameron
Half-back:
D. Nisbet, B. Phillips, J. Wandin
Centre:
B. Woinarski, M. Langdon, B. Lundgren
Half-forward:
J. McDonald, J. Ross, T. McNeil
Forward:
A. Squire, K. Mulhall, C. Riley
Follower:
D. Bland, G. Hibbins, N. Bloom
Sub.:
R. Banfield, I. Davidson
Footscray (5.4.34) were defeated by St Kilda (7.7.49).
Goalkickers
Footscray: T. Whitten (2), W. Donald, A. Edwards, A. Rogers
St Kilda: J. McDonald (2), I. Davidson, M. Langdon, K. Mulhall, J. Ross, A. Squire
As a result of this match, Footscray remained 10th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Wally Donald
(Footscray),
Col Williamson
(St Kilda)
Captains:
unknown
(Footscray),
unknown
(St Kilda)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. Blumfield
Boundary Umpire:
H. Forsyth,
C. Smithwick
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 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 |
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| 6 | D. Nisbet | 14 | B. Phillips | 27 | J. Wandin |
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| 7 | R. Duffy | 10 | R. Harper | 29 | S. Beal |
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| 8 | B. Woinarski | 23 | M. Langdon | 3 | B. Lundgren |
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| 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 |
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| 24 | J. Gallagher | 19 | A. Martin | 30 | A. Abbey |
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| 7 | A. Squire | 4 | K. Mulhall | 31 | C. Riley |
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| 31 | J. King | 25 | H. Henderson | 22 | W. Donald |
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| St Kilda | Coach: Col Williamson | ||||||||||||||