1952 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1952 between Essendon and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Bill Brittingham captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (5.12.42) were defeated by Footscray (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 July 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 5.12.42 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 6 2 . 8 2 . 10 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Footscray 2 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 13 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Brittingham
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 3 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Paine, Brian ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Edwards, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 2 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Phillips, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 1 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Slater, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 15

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