1952 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1952 between Geelong and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (14.26.110) defeated Melbourne (8.6.54).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 July 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,744

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 14.26.110 - 8.6.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 6 . 12 9 . 21 14 . 26 14 . 26 (110)
Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 42 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 56
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 5 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 3 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 4 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
15 Tuckwell, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 1 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
34 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
8 Lehmann, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Whitaker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Wilson, Jim ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 6

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