1952 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1952 between Melbourne and Richmond during round ten of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Des Rowe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (12.11.83) defeated Richmond (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 28 June 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,557

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 12.11.83 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 8 7 . 10 9 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Richmond 0 . 4 3 . 5 5 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin MELB by 34 MELB by 29 MELB by 27 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Des Rowe
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Wright

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 4 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Whitaker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Wilson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Allen, Tom ? ? 1 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
5 Betson, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 Cations, Allan ? ? 0 ?
17 Clarke, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 0 ?
31 Dillon, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Hogan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 3 ?
15 Rowe, Des (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Turner, Brian ? ? 1 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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