1952 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1952 between Footscray and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (8.9.57) were defeated by Geelong (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 July 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,759

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 8.9.57 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 3 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Geelong 1 . 4 5 . 7 6 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin FOOT by 5 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 0 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 1 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Phillips, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
9 Ross, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 3 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
24 Herbert, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
3 Palmer, Doug ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 0 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
5 Smith, Sid ? ? 0 ?
23 Swarbrick, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

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