1952 VFL Season: St Kilda
Season Team Details
Competition:
1952 VFL Season
Team:
St Kilda
Home Ground:
Junction Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
12th (W-D-L: 2-0-17, P%: 68.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson, Bob | #3 | 3 | 3 | R14-16 |
| Banfield, Ron | #14 | 5 | 1 | R08, R11-13, R19 |
| Battams, Ron | #22 | 3 | 1 | R03-05 |
| Bland, Dave | #19 | 12 | 5 | R04-15 |
| Bloom, Nick | #10 | 13 | 12 | R01-10, R13, R15, R18 |
| Bray, Harold | #12 | 16 | 1 | R01-07, R09-12, R14-15, R17-19 |
| Cameron, Bill | #11 | 6 | 0 | R05-10 |
| Cockfield, Ken | #32 | 5 | 0 | R01-02, R04-05, R13 |
| Coffey, Jack | #14 | 1 | 2 | R01 |
| Davidson, Irving | #30 | 11 | 1 | R01-04, R07-08, R10-11, R14, R16-17 |
| Dicks, William | #1 | 1 | 1 | R19 |
| Drinan, Keith | #25 | 15 | 0 | R01-07, R09, R13-19 |
| Evans, Jack | #33 | 5 | 0 | R01, R04-05, R17-18 |
| Fitzgerald, Jim | #35 | 6 | 0 | R01-06 |
| Greenshields, Allan | #5 | 16 | 2 | R02-07, R09-10, R12-19 |
| Hartigan, Jack | #18 | 3 | 3 | R17-19 |
| Hibbins, Geoff | #34 | 16 | 3 | R01-03, R05-06, R08, R10-19 |
| Houston, Ray | #11 | 1 | 0 | R19 |
| Hurst, Arthur | #26 | 12 | 0 | R01-05, R10-14, R17-18 |
| Langdon, Mark | #23 | 9 | 2 | R08-16 |
| Lundgren, Bruce | #3 | 4 | 0 | R06-09 |
| March, Graham | #22 | 3 | 1 | R12, R15, R18 |
| McDonald, Jack | #2 | 18 | 31 | R02-19 |
| McLennan, Bruce | #31 | 1 | 0 | R19 |
| McNeil, Tom | #18 | 7 | 0 | R01-02, R06-10 |
| Meehan, Tom | #21 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Milnes, Brian | #16 | 3 | 0 | R16-18 |
| Mitchinson, Max | #24 | 7 | 5 | R01-03, R06-07, R16-17 |
| Mollar, Max | #29 | 16 | 0 | R01-05, R07-17 |
| Mulhall, Ken | #4 | 10 | 8 | R01-03, R06-10, R18-19 |
| Nisbet, Des | #6 | 10 | 0 | R01-04, R06-11 |
| Phillips, Bruce | #14 | 18 | 8 | R01-12, R14-19 |
| Riley, Cliff | #31 | 12 | 8 | R03, R06, R08-16, R18 |
| Roberts, Neil | #33 | 7 | 13 | R13-19 |
| Ross, Jim | #20 | 17 | 20 | R01-05, R08-19 |
| Slate, Rodney | #9 | 1 | 0 | R19 |
| Slocomb, Syd | #35 | 2 | 0 | R11-12 |
| Smith, Ivor | #28 | 9 | 0 | R11-19 |
| Smith, John | #28 | 4 | 2 | R11-12, R16-17 |
| Solomon, John | #16 | 4 | 4 | R04-07 |
| Squire, Alan | #7 | 17 | 4 | R01-03, R06-19 |
| Sutherland, Frank | #3 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Toohey, Jack | #33 | 6 | 0 | R11-16 |
| Wandin, Jim | #27 | 11 | 3 | R04-09, R13, R16-19 |
| Watt, Bob | #30 | 1 | 1 | R19 |
| Woinarski, Brian | #8 | 13 | 0 | R01, R03-05, R07-15 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson, Col | 19 | 2 | -0- | 17 | R01-19 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Max Mollar | Tom Meehan | Bill Cameron |
| Half-Back: | Des Nisbet | Bruce Phillips | Jim Wandin |
| Centre: | Brian Woinarski | Mark Langdon | Bruce Lundgren |
| Half-Forward: | Jack McDonald | Jim Ross | Tom McNeil |
| Forward: | Alan Squire | Ken Mulhall | Cliff Riley |
| Follower: | Dave Bland | Geoff Hibbins | Nick Bloom |
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 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 8 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 26/04/1952 | Round 2 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 2 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 03/05/1952 | Round 3 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 65 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 10/05/1952 | Round 4 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 20 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 17/05/1952 | Round 5 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 40 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 31/05/1952 | Round 6 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 21 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 07/06/1952 | Round 7 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 39 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 14/06/1952 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | STKL by 15 | Col Williamson | unknown |
| 21/06/1952 | Round 9 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 7 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 28/06/1952 | Round 10 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 25 | Col Williamson | unknown |
| 05/07/1952 | Round 11 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 6 | Col Williamson | unknown |
| 12/07/1952 | Round 12 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 33 | Col Williamson | unknown |
| 19/07/1952 | Round 13 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 6 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 26/07/1952 | Round 14 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 20 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 02/08/1952 | Round 15 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 15 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 09/08/1952 | Round 16 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 84 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 16/08/1952 | Round 17 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 96 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 23/08/1952 | Round 18 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 36 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |
| 30/08/1952 | Round 19 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | STKL by 6 | Col Williamson | Keith Drinan |