1952 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1952 between Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Footscray (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 9 August 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,421

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.17.107 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 8 9 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 7 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 7 MELB by 13 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 5 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Krause, Alan ? ? 3 ?
8 Lehmann, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 4 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Whitaker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
11 Wilson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Duffy, Roger ? ? 2 ?
21 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Harper, Roy ? ? 1 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Reynolds, Doug ? ? 0 ?
35 Rogers, Allen ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Slater, Bob ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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