1952 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1952 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1952 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 8-1-10, P%: 113.6)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow, Doug | #19 | 8 | 0 | R02-03, R08, R12-16 |
| Booth, Stan | #2 | 5 | 5 | R15-19 |
| Brittingham, Bill | #23 | 18 | 0 | R01-08, R10-19 |
| Carstairs, Jim | #20 | 13 | 12 | R05, R08-19 |
| Clarke, Jack | #1 | 14 | 2 | R01-04, R08-16, R19 |
| Coleman, Brian | #17 | 5 | 0 | R05-09 |
| Coleman, John | #10 | 18 | 103 | R02-19 |
| Dale, Alan | #15 | 16 | 2 | R01-13, R15, R17-18 |
| Dunn, Ron | #29 | 2 | 0 | R12-13 |
| Gallagher, Fred | #13 | 7 | 5 | R11-12, R15-19 |
| Gardiner, Les | #18 | 13 | 0 | R01, R04-12, R17-19 |
| Gill, John | #34 | 16 | 7 | R01-03, R05-12, R14-18 |
| Gilmore, Brian | #28 | 4 | 2 | R11-14 |
| Harper, Bert | #8 | 8 | 1 | R01-08 |
| Heenan, Jim | #14 | 17 | 0 | R01-17 |
| Hutchison, Bill | #7 | 17 | 27 | R01-07, R09-12, R14-19 |
| Jones, Jack | #24 | 18 | 16 | R01-14, R16-19 |
| Knowles, Jack | #21 | 6 | 0 | R01, R03, R09, R13, R18-19 |
| Law, Alby | #2 | 2 | 0 | R18-19 |
| Leek, Geoff | #30 | 5 | 3 | R01, R04, R17-19 |
| Lunn, Ron | #27 | 12 | 0 | R01-03, R05-07, R10-14, R16 |
| Mann, Lance | #32 | 9 | 10 | R02, R04-11 |
| Martini, Ray | #5 | 7 | 1 | R01-02, R11-14, R16 |
| May, Wally | #12 | 15 | 5 | R01-08, R10, R14-19 |
| McConnell, Roy | #25 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| McDonald, Keith | #9 | 1 | 1 | R01 |
| McDonald, Norm | #4 | 12 | 0 | R04-07, R09-11, R14-15, R17-19 |
| McEwin, Ron | #11 | 18 | 18 | R01-04, R06-19 |
| Morris, Hugh | #6 | 8 | 2 | R02-09 |
| O'Sullivan, Peter | #16 | 12 | 0 | R08-19 |
| Paine, Brian | 1 | 0 | R13 | |
| Payne, Fred | #35 | 11 | 0 | R01-08, R13-15 |
| Ramsay, John | #33 | 2 | 0 | R09-10 |
| Sewell, Greg | #9 | 7 | 0 | R13-19 |
| Snell, Bill | #22 | 8 | 4 | R03-10 |
| Syme, Bob | #26 | 17 | 2 | R01-07, R10-19 |
| Thaw, Alan | #36 | 9 | 0 | R01-04, R09, R15-17, R19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds, Dick | 19 | 8 | -1- | 10 | R01-19 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/1952 | Round 1 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 5 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 26/04/1952 | Round 2 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 7 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 03/05/1952 | Round 3 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 24 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 10/05/1952 | Round 4 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 7 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 17/05/1952 | Round 5 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 40 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 31/05/1952 | Round 6 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 54 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 09/06/1952 | Round 7 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 9 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 16/06/1952 | Round 8 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 69 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Brittingham |
| 21/06/1952 | Round 9 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 1 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 28/06/1952 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 52 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 05/07/1952 | Round 11 | Geelong | HOME | DRAW | drawn | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 12/07/1952 | Round 12 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 9 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 19/07/1952 | Round 13 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 15 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Brittingham |
| 26/07/1952 | Round 14 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 3 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 02/08/1952 | Round 15 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 1 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 09/08/1952 | Round 16 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 1 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 16/08/1952 | Round 17 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 96 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 23/08/1952 | Round 18 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 55 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |
| 30/08/1952 | Round 19 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 25 | Dick Reynolds | Bill Hutchison |