1952 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1952 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Allan Ruthven.

Geelong (12.16.88) defeated Fitzroy (5.10.40).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 August 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 31,314

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.16.88 - 5.10.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 7 4 . 10 7 . 14 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 2 . 4 5 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Margin GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Allan Ruthven

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Broderick, Neville ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
20 Hickey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 MacGregor, Jack ? ? 0 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
31 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 2 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 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