1952 VFL Season: Richmond
These are the details of the premiership results of Richmond for the 1952 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in ninth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1952 VFL Season
Team:
Richmond
Home Ground:
Punt Road Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
9th (W-D-L: 8-0-11, P%: 92.6)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen, Tom | #18 | 5 | 1 | R01-02, R06, R10-11 |
| Audas, Pat | #34 | 4 | 2 | R02, R12-14 |
| Austen, Col | #16 | 16 | 0 | R01-11, R15-19 |
| Betson, Kevin | #5 | 7 | 0 | R08-14 |
| Boland, Brian | #9 | 9 | 0 | R05-08, R10-11, R14-16 |
| Brennan, Jim | #27 | 2 | 0 | R05-06 |
| Brown, Barrie | #26 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Cations, Allan | #33 | 13 | 5 | R04-12, R14-15, R17, R19 |
| Clarke, Fred | #17 | 14 | 0 | R03-14, R16, R19 |
| Collins, Gerry | #27 | 7 | 6 | R13-19 |
| Cooke, Allan | #7 | 18 | 12 | R01-10, R12-19 |
| Cox, Graham | #37 | 11 | 5 | R07-09, R12-19 |
| Currie, John | #10 | 3 | 1 | R11-12, R16 |
| Dillon, Kevin | #31 | 14 | 3 | R03-04, R07-16, R18-19 |
| Ednie, Ray | #23 | 4 | 2 | R01-02, R08-09 |
| Flintoff, Les | #29 | 7 | 3 | R01-02, R04-06, R18-19 |
| Fraser, Don | #21 | 14 | 0 | R01-07, R09-11, R16-19 |
| Geard, Rex | #36 | 8 | 0 | R01-08 |
| Gibb, Ray | #29 | 5 | 1 | R15-19 |
| Hoare, Gavin | #38 | 5 | 2 | R11, R13-16 |
| Hogan, Kevin | #12 | 9 | 3 | R01-03, R07-10, R17-18 |
| Horwood, Ray | #22 | 2 | 0 | R01, R04 |
| Morcom, Stan | #22 | 3 | 0 | R17-19 |
| Nix, John | #1 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Oppy, Max | #14 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| O'Rourke, Jack | #4 | 16 | 43 | R03-07, R09-19 |
| Poulter, Ray | #24 | 18 | 33 | R01-15, R17-19 |
| Reiffel, Ron | #6 | 3 | 0 | R03, R13, R16 |
| Ritchie, John | #35 | 6 | 1 | R08, R12-13, R15-17 |
| Rowe, Des | #15 | 19 | 1 | R01-19 |
| Rowe, Havel | #3 | 16 | 4 | R02-15, R17-18 |
| Ryan, Frank | #8 | 8 | 0 | R01-03, R12-13, R17-19 |
| Schofield, Peter | #11 | 8 | 4 | R01-02, R07-09, R12-14 |
| Spring, Geoff | #19 | 19 | 12 | R01-19 |
| Turner, Brian | #28 | 8 | 4 | R01, R03-06, R10-11, R15 |
| Western, Alby | #25 | 4 | 3 | R03-05, R13 |
| Wilson, Bill | #32 | 18 | 20 | R01-12, R14-19 |
| Wright, Roy | #2 | 17 | 11 | R01-07, R09-12, R14-19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyer, Jack | 19 | 8 | -0- | 11 | R01-19 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Max Oppy | Fred Clarke | Rex Geard |
| Half-Back: | Col Austen | Des Rowe | Kevin Dillon |
| Centre: | Havel Rowe | John Nix | Geoff Spring |
| Half-Forward: | Kevin Hogan | Ray Poulter | Brian Boland |
| Forward: | Kevin Betson | Ray Ednie | Graham Cox |
| Follower: | Allan Cations | Allan Cooke | Bill Wilson |
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 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | RICH by 9 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 26/04/1952 | Round 2 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | RICH by 20 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 03/05/1952 | Round 3 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 20 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 10/05/1952 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | RICH by 10 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 17/05/1952 | Round 5 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 24 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 31/05/1952 | Round 6 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 24 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 09/06/1952 | Round 7 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | RICH by 9 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 14/06/1952 | Round 8 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 36 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 21/06/1952 | Round 9 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 6 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 28/06/1952 | Round 10 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 37 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 05/07/1952 | Round 11 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 23 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 12/07/1952 | Round 12 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | RICH by 33 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 19/07/1952 | Round 13 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 29 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 26/07/1952 | Round 14 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | RICH by 29 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 02/08/1952 | Round 15 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 12 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 09/08/1952 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 28 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 16/08/1952 | Round 17 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | RICH by 45 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 23/08/1952 | Round 18 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 44 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
| 30/08/1952 | Round 19 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | RICH by 25 | Jack Dyer | Des Rowe |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.