1952 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1952 between Essendon and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Col Williamson.

Essendon (22.15.147) defeated St Kilda (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1952 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 16 August 1952
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 22.15.147 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 8 . 7 14 . 11 22 . 15 22 . 15 (147)
St Kilda 2 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 96 ESSE by 96
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Col Williamson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 9 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 4 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 3 ?
16 O'Sullivan, Peter ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
36 Thaw, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 22 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 Hartigan, Jack ? ? 2 ?
34 Hibbins, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
26 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Milnes, Brian ? ? 0 ?
24 Mitchinson, Max ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
33 Roberts, Neil ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
28 Smith, Ivor ? ? 0 ?
28 Smith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Wandin, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 9

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