1952 VFL Season: Carlton
Season Team Details
Competition:
1952 VFL Season
Team:
Carlton
Home Ground:
Princes Park
Team Results
Ladder Position:
4th (W-D-L: 11-2-6, P%: 112.4)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beasy, Doug | #17 | 20 | 20 | R01-19, SF |
| Brown, John | #16 | 18 | 0 | R01-03, R06-19, SF |
| Calder, Don | #19 | 5 | 0 | R04-05, R13, R18, SF |
| Caspar, Harry | #24 | 16 | 1 | R05-19, SF |
| Chick, John | #23 | 6 | 3 | R01-02, R08, R10, R18-19 |
| Comben, Bruce | #15 | 14 | 9 | R01-08, R15-19, SF |
| Conley, Jack | #35 | 20 | 0 | R01-19, SF |
| Davies, Fred | #28 | 20 | 20 | R01-19, SF |
| Dern, Harry | #39 | 7 | 0 | R02, R04-09 |
| Dunn, Harvey | #22 | 1 | 0 | R13 |
| English, Vin | #14 | 20 | 0 | R01-19, SF |
| Ferry, George | #25 | 6 | 5 | R02-03, R07-08, R11, SF |
| Gilchrist, Graham | #26 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Green, Richie | #33 | 15 | 0 | R05-19 |
| Grieve, Ollie | #27 | 20 | 0 | R01-19, SF |
| Guy, Doug | #4 | 11 | 1 | R05-06, R10, R12-16, R18-19, SF |
| Hands, Ken | #1 | 18 | 5 | R03-19, SF |
| Henfry, Ern | #6 | 9 | 7 | R01-08, R17 |
| Hodgson, Arthur | #8 | 16 | 3 | R01-16 |
| Howell, Jack | #13 | 17 | 42 | R03-12, R14-19, SF |
| Jones, Tom | #20 | 6 | 3 | R09-14 |
| Kerr, Laurie | #11 | 17 | 3 | R01-07, R09-12, R14-17, R19, SF |
| Mills, Jack | #9 | 17 | 18 | R04-19, SF |
| Milroy, Bill | #2 | 20 | 14 | R01-19, SF |
| Molony, Brian | #31 | 4 | 0 | R01, R15-17 |
| Robertson, Ron | #21 | 6 | 2 | R01-06 |
| Spencer, John | #32 | 15 | 27 | R01-03, R07, R09-17, R19, SF |
| Stafford, Fred | #10 | 15 | 1 | R01, R04, R08-19, SF |
| Stafford, George | #30 | 5 | 0 | R01-04, R12 |
| Sullivan, Harry | #3 | 4 | 3 | R01-03, R13 |
| Thomas, Max | #34 | 13 | 0 | R01-04, R08-09, R11, R13-14, R17-19, SF |
| Warburton, Keith | #7 | 18 | 19 | R01-07, R09-12, R14-19, SF |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley, Perce | 20 | 11 | -2- | 7 | R01-19, SF |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Jack Conley | Ollie Grieve | Harry Caspar |
| Half-Back: | Richie Green | Harry Dern | John Brown |
| Centre: | Max Thomas | Ern Henfry | Arthur Hodgson |
| Half-Forward: | Fred Stafford | Bill Milroy | Doug Beasy |
| Forward: | Ken Hands | Jack Howell | John Chick |
| Follower: | Fred Davies | Vin English | Jack Mills |
This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 1 out of 20 matches was used.
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/1952 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | CARL by 23 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 26/04/1952 | Round 2 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 5 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 03/05/1952 | Round 3 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 20 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 10/05/1952 | Round 4 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | CARL by 7 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 17/05/1952 | Round 5 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 50 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 31/05/1952 | Round 6 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | CARL by 21 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 09/06/1952 | Round 7 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | CARL by 27 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 14/06/1952 | Round 8 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | CARL by 37 | Perce Bentley | Ern Henfry |
| 21/06/1952 | Round 9 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | CARL by 6 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 28/06/1952 | Round 10 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | CARL by 55 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 05/07/1952 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | CARL by 37 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 12/07/1952 | Round 12 | Melbourne | HOME | DRAW | drawn | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 19/07/1952 | Round 13 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | CARL by 15 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 26/07/1952 | Round 14 | South Melbourne | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 02/08/1952 | Round 15 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 1 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 09/08/1952 | Round 16 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 1 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 16/08/1952 | Round 17 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | CARL by 21 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 23/08/1952 | Round 18 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | CARL by 36 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 30/08/1952 | Round 19 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 45 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |
| 06/09/1952 | Semi Final | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 1 | Perce Bentley | Ken Hands |