1952 VFL Season: Footscray
Season Team Details
Competition:
1952 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
10th (W-D-L: 5-0-14, P%: 77.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey, Angus | #30 | 16 | 0 | R03-06, R08-19 |
| Aked, Frank | #32 | 3 | 0 | R08-09, R11 |
| Barrett, John | #14 | 17 | 0 | R01-05, R08-19 |
| Beal, Stan | #29 | 6 | 0 | R02, R08-10, R12, R17 |
| Bryden, Dave | #18 | 16 | 9 | R01, R04-17, R19 |
| Bulman, Alan | #17 | 2 | 0 | R02, R05 |
| Collins, Jack | #2 | 17 | 13 | R01-07, R09-12, R14-19 |
| Connolly, Bert | #31 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Crozier, Ray | #7 | 1 | 0 | R11 |
| Donald, Wally | #22 | 18 | 1 | R01-08, R10-19 |
| Duffy, Roger | #7 | 18 | 20 | R01-10, R12-19 |
| Edwards, Arthur | #21 | 11 | 4 | R05-14, R16 |
| Edwards, Jack | #3 | 1 | 0 | R13 |
| Egan, Reg | #8 | 4 | 0 | R01, R11, R17, R19 |
| Foreman, Ian | #12 | 2 | 0 | R18-19 |
| Gallagher, Jim | #24 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Gilmore, Brian | #34 | 16 | 11 | R01-07, R10-16, R18-19 |
| Harper, Roy | #10 | 18 | 13 | R01-08, R10-19 |
| Henderson, Herb | #25 | 17 | 0 | R01-15, R18-19 |
| Isaac, Max | 1 | 0 | R02 | |
| Kent, Len | #11 | 9 | 7 | R04, R06, R11-15, R18-19 |
| King, Jack | #31 | 16 | 0 | R03, R05-19 |
| Laffey, Merv | #12 | 2 | 1 | R01-02 |
| Linton, Alby | #23 | 10 | 1 | R01-05, R08, R10, R13, R15-16 |
| Martin, Alan | #19 | 18 | 1 | R01-17, R19 |
| McRae, Frank | #16 | 10 | 1 | R01-04, R06-07, R16-19 |
| Phillips, Eddie | #29 | 7 | 8 | R09-15 |
| Reardon, Bill | #20 | 1 | 0 | R04 |
| Reynolds, Doug | #28 | 13 | 5 | R04-12, R16-19 |
| Richards, Ron | #4 | 2 | 1 | R01, R05 |
| Rogers, Allen | #35 | 16 | 10 | R03-18 |
| Ross, Don | #9 | 16 | 1 | R01-09, R12-15, R17-19 |
| Scanlan, Bill | #26 | 17 | 11 | R01-04, R07-19 |
| Slater, Bob | #4 | 4 | 0 | R13, R16-18 |
| Smallwood, Bernie | #15 | 2 | 0 | R07, R09 |
| Sutton, Charlie | #6 | 7 | 4 | R01-03, R05-07, R09 |
| Wearmouth, Dick | #33 | 12 | 1 | R01-03, R06-08, R14-19 |
| Whitten, Ted | #3 | 14 | 19 | R01-04, R06-10, R14-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton, Charlie | 17 | 5 | -0- | 12 | R01-03, R05-07, R09-19 |
| Donald, Wally | 2 | 0 | -0- | 2 | R04, R08 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Wally Donald | Herb Henderson | Jack King |
| Half-Back: | Angus Abbey | Alan Martin | Jim Gallagher |
| Centre: | Dick Wearmouth | Don Ross | John Barrett |
| Half-Forward: | Stan Beal | Roy Harper | Roger Duffy |
| Forward: | Bill Scanlan | Ted Whitten | Allen Rogers |
| Follower: | Dave Bryden | Arthur Edwards | Doug Reynolds |
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 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 5 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 26/04/1952 | Round 2 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 7 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 03/05/1952 | Round 3 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 11 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 10/05/1952 | Round 4 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 24 | Wally Donald | unknown |
| 17/05/1952 | Round 5 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 24 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 31/05/1952 | Round 6 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 62 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 09/06/1952 | Round 7 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 31 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 14/06/1952 | Round 8 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 15 | Wally Donald | unknown |
| 21/06/1952 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 5 | Charlie Sutton | Charlie Sutton |
| 28/06/1952 | Round 10 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 55 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 05/07/1952 | Round 11 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 6 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 12/07/1952 | Round 12 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 23 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 19/07/1952 | Round 13 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 15 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 26/07/1952 | Round 14 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 9 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 02/08/1952 | Round 15 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 9 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 09/08/1952 | Round 16 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 47 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 16/08/1952 | Round 17 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 45 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 23/08/1952 | Round 18 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 49 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |
| 30/08/1952 | Round 19 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 30 | Charlie Sutton | unknown |