1952 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1952 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round fourteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Melbourne (11.12.78) defeated St Kilda (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 26 July 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,047

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 11.12.78 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
St Kilda 1 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 18 MELB by 35 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 3 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 7 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Krause, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Lehmann, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Whitaker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Wilson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 12

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Atkinson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
19 Bland, Dave ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
34 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
26 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 2 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
31 Riley, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Neil ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
28 Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
33 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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