1952 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1952 between Geelong and Essendon during round eight of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the Brisbane Showgrounds. Bill Brittingham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (12.14.86) were defeated by Essendon (23.17.155).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Monday 16 June 1952
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Brisbane Showgrounds
Attendance: 28,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 12.14.86 - 23.17.155

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Essendon 4 . 5 10 . 8 16 . 15 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 56 ESSE by 69 ESSE by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Brittingham
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

D. Blackburn
R. Haughton

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob HFFR ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George FF↓ ? 3 ?
12 Hovey, Ron HBFR ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John CHB ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill CHF ? 3 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell HBFL ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom RU ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo SUB↑ ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug C ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter RO ? 2 ?
27 Rayson, Noel HFFL ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ BPR ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don WR ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm RU ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid BPL ? 0 ?
19 Stevens, Jack FPL ? 1 ?
23 Swarbrick, George FPR ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo WL ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff FB ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert SUB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 14

L. O'Halloran replaced G. Goninon during the third quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug BPR ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill (c) FB ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim RU ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack HFFR ? 0 ?
17 Coleman, Brian SUB ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John FF ? 13 7
15 Dale, Alan C ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les HBFL ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John FPL ? 1 ?
8 Harper, Bert WR↓ ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim BPL ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack HFFL ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance FPR ? 5 ?
12 May, Wally RU ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy CHB ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron RO ? 1 ?
6 Morris, Hugh SUB↑ ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter WL ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred HBFR ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill CHF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 23 17

H. Morris replaced B. Harper during the third quarter.

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

Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 J. Heenan 23 B. Brittingham (c) 19 D. Bigelow 22 T. Morrow 20 L. O'Halloran
23 G. Swarbrick 18 G. Goninon 19 J. Stevens 26 N. Sharp 25 B. Worner
FORWARD 6 P. Pianto

HALF-BACK



18 L. Gardiner 25 R. McConnell 35 F. Payne



4 B. Davis 7 B. McMaster 27 N. Rayson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 P. O'Sullivan 15 A. Dale 8 B. Harper



34 D. Scott 3 D. Palmer 9 L. Turner FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 J. Carstairs 17 B. Coleman
HALF-FORWARD 12 W. May 6 H. Morris
24 J. Jones 22 B. Snell 1 J. Clarke 11 R. McEwin

12 R. Hovey 16 J. Hyde 2 R. Middlemiss



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



34 J. Gill 10 J. Coleman 32 L. Mann



8 R. Renfrey 21 G. Williams 5 S. Smith



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds