1952 VFL Season: Essendon
Season Team Details
Competition:
1952 VFL Season
Team:
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 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Jim Heenan | Bill Brittingham | Doug Bigelow |
| Half-Back: | Les Gardiner | Roy McConnell | Fred Payne |
| Centre: | Peter O'Sullivan | Alan Dale | Bert Harper |
| Half-Forward: | Jack Jones | Bill Snell | Jack Clarke |
| Forward: | John Gill | John Coleman | Lance Mann |
| Follower: | Jim Carstairs | Wally May | Ron McEwin |
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 19 matches was used.
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 |