1952 VFL season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

season of 1952.

Premiership season

In 1952, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 19 rounds.

There was an extra round (round 8), in addition to 1951's 18 rounds, promoted as a "National Day Round", and held on the Saturday (14 June) of the Queen's Birthday weekend while the Victorian State side played against the West Australian State side at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

(also on 14 June).

The season was constructed as follows: in matches 1 to 7 and 9 to 12 the teams played each other. Round 8, the "National Day Round", was the reverse of round 11 (and the designated round 8 "home team" was the reverse of that in round 11). Rounds 13 to 19 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.

Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1952 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".

Round 1

Brunswick Street Oval

The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...

| 20,500
| 19 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.16 (82)
|
| 8.26 (74)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

The Lake Oval was an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Albert Park, Victoria. It was the home of the South Melbourne Football Club from 1878 until their relocation to Sydney in 1982 , and also of the South Melbourne Cricket Club...

| 18,000
| 19 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.13 (97)
|
| 15.13 (103)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 25,000
| 19 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.10 (46)
|
| 6.5 (41)
| Western Oval
| 24,000
| 19 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 2.8 (20)
|
| 15.16 (106)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the historic home of and is synonymous with the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL club from 1925–1973, and retained the ground as an...

| 14,000
| 19 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.19 (67)
|
| 13.12 (90)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval is a sports oval based in Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of Australian rules team North Melbourne Football Club and up to the end of the 1985 season it was used for elite-level VFL/AFL matches.-History:The North Melbourne...

| 22,000
| 19 April 1952

Round 2

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 21,000
| 26 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.17 (95)
|
| 8.14 (62)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 26,000
| 26 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.12 (84)
|
| 13.11 (89)
| Princes Park
| 31,500
| 26 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.11 (89)
|
| 12.19 (91)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 19,000
| 26 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.10 (82)
|
| 8.14 (62)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 13,000
| 26 April 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.4 (64)
|
| 7.15 (57)
| Kardinia Park
| 30,000
| 26 April 1952

Round 3

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 34,000
| 3 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.12 (72)
|
| 13.14 (92)
| Princes Park
| 25,500
| 3 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.17 (101)
|
| 12.9 (81)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 28,500
| 3 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.12 (60)
|
| 10.14 (74)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 13,500
| 3 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.11 (77)
|
| 10.6 (66)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 20,000
| 3 May 1952

Round 4

Glenferrie Oval

| 15,000
| 10 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.16 (52)
|
| 10.16 (76)
| Western Oval
| 20,000
| 10 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.15 (51)
|
| 14.16 (100)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 19,500
| 10 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.13 (121)
|
| 16.15 (111)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 24,000
| 10 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.16 (64)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 19,500
| 10 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.9 (87)
|
| 13.16 (94)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 28,000
| 10 May 1952

Round 5

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 27,000
| 17 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.16 (82)
|
| 6.10 (46)
| Kardinia Park
| 20,000
| 17 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.6 (60)
|
| 5.6 (36)
| Western Oval
| 22,500
| 17 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.6 (42)
|
| 5.11 (41)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 9,500
| 17 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.10 (76)
|
| 18.8 (116)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 17,500
| 17 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.16 (106)
|
| 7.14 (56)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 36,000
| 17 May 1952

Round 6

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 20,500
| 31 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.10 (94)
|
| 10.13 (73)
| Princes Park
| 12,500
| 31 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.13 (49)
|
| 9.9 (63)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 11,000
| 31 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.7 (55)
|
| 11.13 (79)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 25,000
| 31 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.12 (96)
|
| 9.11 (65)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 15,000
| 31 May 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.14 (44)
|
| 15.8 (98)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 14,000
| 31 May 1952

Round 7

Brunswick Street Oval

| 10,300
| 7 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.8 (80)
|
| 7.8 (50)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 11,000
| 7 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.10 (82)
|
| 6.14 (50)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 58,543
| 7 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.18 (60)
|
| 10.9 (69)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 29,000
| 9 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.12 (120)
|
| 13.15 (93)
| Princes Park
| 37,500
| 9 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.14 (110)
|
| 11.13 (79)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 26,000
| 9 June 1952

Round 8 (National Day Round)

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

| 24,174
| 14 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 10.10 (70)
| North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.-History:North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...

| 18,387
| 14 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.10 (118)
|
| 14.12 (96)
| Albury Sports Ground

Albury Sports Ground

Albury Sports Ground is a sporting venue that is primarily used for Australian Rules football and cricket, and is located in central Albury, New South Wales, Australia, not far from the city's central business district...

| 15,000
| 14 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.4 (34)
|
| 7.7 (49)
| Yallourn Oval
| 3,500
| 14 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.15 (117)
|
| 11.14 (80)
| Euroa Oval
| 7,500
| 14 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.14 (86)
|
| 23.17 (155)
| Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Brisbane Exhibition Ground

The Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...

| 28,000
| 16 June 1952

Round 9

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 16,000
| 21 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.8 (44)
|
| 8.12 (60)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 15,500
| 21 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.11 (41)
|
| 7.6 (48)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 7,500
| 21 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.9 (45)
|
| 7.8 (50)
| Western Oval
| 14,085
| 21 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.3 (33)
|
| 5.9 (39)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 21,000
| 21 June 1952

Round 10

Arden Street Oval

| 7,000
| 28 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 6.10 (46)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 23,557
| 28 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.22 (112)
|
| 8.9 (57)
| Princes Park
| 12,617
| 28 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.8 (44)
|
| 10.10 (70)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 7,500
| 28 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 5.8 (38)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 12,500
| 28 June 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.10 (64)
|
| 12.13 (85)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 21,000
| 28 June 1952

Round 11

Arden Street Oval

| 15,000
| 5 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.16 (76)
|
| 11.10 (76)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 21,000
| 5 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.19 (79)
|
| 8.8 (56)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 21,911
| 5 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.13 (79)
|
| 12.13 (85)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 7,800
| 5 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.7 (73)
|
| 11.17 (83)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 25,089
| 5 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.11 (41)
|
| 9.24 (78)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 11,000
| 5 July 1952

Round 12

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 9,000
| 12 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 4.11 (35)
|
| 9.4 (58)
| Western Oval
| 12,218
| 12 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.11 (89)
|
| 10.11 (71)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 10,500
| 12 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.14 (50)
|
| 6.14 (50)
| Princes Park
| 24,839
| 12 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.12 (60)
|
| 9.15 (69)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 27,000
| 12 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.8 (62)
|
| 4.9 (33)
| Kardinia Park
| 36,145
| 12 July 1952

Round 13

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 15,000
| 19 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.26 (110)
|
| 8.6 (54)
| Kardinia Park
| 21,744
| 19 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.12 (42)
|
| 7.15 (57)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 17,000
| 19 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.15 (87)
|
| 4.4 (28)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 12,643
| 19 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.23 (53)
|
| 5.8 (38)
| Princes Park
| 21,055
| 19 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.17 (47)
|
| 11.10 (76)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 18,000
| 19 July 1952

Round 14

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 14,045
| 26 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.14 (62)
|
| 14.7 (91)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 11,000
| 26 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.9 (57)
|
| 9.12 (66)
| Western Oval
| 22,759
| 26 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.11 (53)
|
| 7.8 (50)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 15,000
| 26 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.6 (36)
|
| 4.11 (35)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 26,000
| 26 July 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.16 (76)
|
| 10.16 (76)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 32,000
| 26 July 1952

Round 15

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 19,000
| 2 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.3 (57)
|
| 12.13 (85)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 9,000
| 2 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.6 (48)
|
| 8.9 (57)
| Western Oval
| 14,760
| 2 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.13 (55)
|
| 9.16 (70)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 12,000
| 2 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.10 (88)
|
| 12.17 (89)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 21,000
| 2 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.15 (45)
|
| 5.14 (44)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 29,000
| 2 August 1952

Round 16

Arden Street Oval

| 12,000
| 9 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.19 (139)
|
| 8.7 (55)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 14,100
| 9 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.16 (82)
|
| 12.11 (83)
| Princes Park
| 34,000
| 9 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.14 (50)
|
| 9.14 (68)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 12,000
| 9 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.17 (107)
|
| 8.12 (60)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 17,421
| 9 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.16 (88)
|
| 5.10 (40)
| Kardinia Park
| 31,314
| 9 August 1952

Round 17

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 12,000
| 16 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.16 (88)
|
| 9.13 (67)
| Princes Park
| 42,662
| 16 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.14 (74)
|
| 8.18 (66)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 24,000
| 16 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.9 (75)
|
| 15.13 (103)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 15,000
| 16 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.11 (89)
|
| 5.14 (44)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 11,000
| 16 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.6 (48)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 12,000
| 16 August 1952

Round 18

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 16,402
| 23 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.9 (111)
|
| 10.7 (67)
| Kardinia Park
| 21,318
| 23 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.10 (64)
|
| 7.15 (57)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 29,000
| 23 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.12 (132)
|
| 11.11 (77)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 12,000
| 23 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.14 (50)
|
| 14.15 (99)
| Western Oval
| 20,584
| 23 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.8 (56)
|
| 13.14 (92)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 18,000
| 23 August 1952

Round 19

Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000
| 30 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.13 (91)
|
| 8.13 (61)
| Western Oval
| 20,723
| 30 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.14 (92)
|
| 10.11 (71)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 18,753
| 30 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.12 (72)
|
| 8.18 (66)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 9,000
| 30 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.11 (101)
|
| 11.10 (76)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 28,000
| 30 August 1952
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.17 (77)
|
| 3.14 (32)
| Kardinia Park
| 49,107
| 30 August 1952

First Semi-Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...	2.1	6.3	8.5	10.9 (69)
Carlton Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...	0.5	3.10	7.15	8.20(68)
Attendance: 59,970

Second Semi-Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Geelong Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...	2.6	5.9	12.10	14.16 (100)
Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...	1.4	3.5	5.6	6.10 (46)
Attendance: 77,417

Preliminary Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...	4.4	9.9	10.12	11.15 (81)
Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...	4.2	4.3	9.5	9.8 (62)
Attendance: 54,046

Grand final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Geelong Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...	4.2	5.3	11.6	13.8 (86)
Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...	1.1	3.3	5.3	5.10 (40)
Attendance: 82,890

Awards

The 1952 VFL Premiership team was Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

.
The VFL's leading goalkicker
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

was John Coleman of Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

with 103 goals.
The winner of the 1952 Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

was Roy Wright of Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

with 21 votes. He won on a count-back from Bill Hutchison of Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

.
- As a consequence of its 1981 decision to change its rules relating to tied Brownlow Medal contests, the AFL awarded a retrospective medal to Bill Hutchison in 1989.
St Kilda took the "wooden spoon
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...

" in 1952.

Notable events

Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

winger Lance Mann
Lance Mann
Lance Mann is a professional footrunner and a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-Footballer :A talented wingman, Mann was recruited from the Albury Football Club....

wins the 1952, 130-yard Stawell Gift
Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...

in eleven and fourteen-sixteenths seconds, off a handicap of 7¼yards; his team-mate, half-back flanker Norm McDonald, running off a handicap of 5 yards, comes second.
Bowing to pressure from its players and supporters, Fitzroy abandons "The Gorillas" as its emblem. Originally intended to signify strength, tenacity, aggression, power, etc. the symbol had become somewhat devalued when opposition supporters started referring to the team as "The Apes". "The Lions" was not introduced until 1957; in the interim they were known as either "The Maroons" or "The Roys".
In May 1952, as part of its promotion of the Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile...

movie Ten Tall Men
Ten Tall Men
Ten Tall Men is a 1951 Technicolor comedy adventure film about the French Foreign Legion. It starred Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance and Gerald Mohr. Though co-written and directed by Willis Goldbeck, Goldbeck walked off the film due to disputes with Lancaster with the film being completed by Robert...

, the management of the Melbourne cinema The State Theatre on the corner of Flinders Street
Flinders Street, Melbourne
Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the Hoddle Grid. It is exactly one mile in length and one and half chains in width...

and Russell Street
Russell Street, Melbourne
Russell Street is a north-south street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia, part of the Hoddle Grid laid out in 1837. At its southern end it intersects with Flinders Street and Federation Square, while at its northern end it becomes Lygon Street, a street famous for its...

(now known as the Forum Theatre
Forum Theatre
The Forum Theatre is a theatre located on the corner of Flinders Street and Russell Street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. The building was designed by American architect John Eberson, who has designed many theatres across the globe, along with a local architectural firm...

) measured the height of the ten tallest VFL players.
- Geoff Leek
  Geoff Leek
  Geoff Leek was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL from 1951 to 1962.- First senior match :...
  
  of Essendon
  Essendon Football Club
  The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
  
  was officially declared to be the tallest: at 6'4½" (194.3cm) he was measured to be half an inch taller than the next 8 tallest players, Denis Cordner
  Denis Cordner
  George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956....
  
  of Melbourne
  Melbourne Football Club
  The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
  
  , Kevin Easton of North Melbourne
  North Melbourne Football Club
  The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
  
  , John Gill of Essendon, Brian Gilmore
  Brian Gilmore
  Brian Gilmore was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the VFL during the 1950s.Gilmore was a follower in Footscray's 1954 premiership side and had the honour of having the ball in his hands when the siren sounded. He also represented Victoria at interstate football...
  
  of Footscray
  Western Bulldogs
  The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
  
  , Jack "Chooka" Howell
  Jack Howell (footballer)
  Jack E. "Chooka" Howell , nicknamed "Chooka" from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .- Three generations of Grand Final players :...
  
  of Carlton
  Carlton Football Club
  The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
  
  , Tom H. McLean of Melbourne, Bill McMaster
  Bill McMaster
  Cyril 'Bill' McMaster is a former Australian rules footballer and a coach in the VFL.-External links:*- References :*...
  
  of Geelong
  Geelong Football Club
  The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
  
  , and George Swarbrick
  George Swarbrick (footballer)
  George Swarbrick was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League during the early 1950s....
  
  of Geelong, all of whom were measured at 6'4" (193 cm), and a inch taller than Colin Thornton of North Melbourne, who was measured at 6'3½" (191.8cm).
There was an extra round of premiership matches — so that Melbourne and Geelong people would still have their (by now standard) 9 home and 9 away matches in the 1952 season — promoted as a "National Day Round", during the Queen's Birthday weekend.
- At the same time as the Victorian Interstate team were playing the West Australian State team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  Melbourne Cricket Ground
  The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
  
  (Saturday 14 June 1952), an entire round of six premiership matches were played outside the Melbourne-Geelong area for the first time since 1904. The advertising in each area stressed the fact that they were not "exhibition matches", but were real competition matches that counted towards the premiership.
- The premiership matches were played at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground
  Brisbane Exhibition Ground
  The Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...
  
  in Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
  , the Sydney Cricket Ground
  Sydney Cricket Ground
  The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
  
  in Sydney
  Sydney
  Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
  
  , the North Hobart Oval
  North Hobart Oval
  North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.-History:North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...
  
  in Hobart
  Hobart
  Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
  
  , the Albury Sports Ground
  Lavington Sports Ground
  Lavington Sports Ground is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hamilton Valley, a suburb on the north-west fringe of Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The capacity of the venue is estimated at around 20,000...
  
  in Albury, New South Wales
  Albury, New South Wales
  Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...
  
  , the Euroa Oval in Euroa, Victoria
  Euroa, Victoria
  Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in North-East Victoria, Australia.At the 2006 census, Euroa had a population of 2,776. The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal word in the old local dialect meaning "joyful".-History:Major T.L...
  
  and the Yallourn Oval Yallourn
  Yallourn, Victoria
  Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria, Australia built between the 1920s and 1950s to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of the adjacent open-cut brown coal mine led to the closure...
  
  .
- Heavy rain meant that the Brisbane match had to be postponed until Monday (16 June); it was held on Monday evening, under lights, in front of a crowd of 28,000 spectators.
In the First Semi-Final, Carlton's
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

high marking centreman Keith Warburton
Keith Warburton
Keith Warburton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Warburton made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1951 season....

received a heavy knock to his abdomen early in the match, but thought little of it. Later that evening he collapsed at the Carlton Club dance. He was rushed to hospital where it was discovered that he was suffering from a severed artery leading to his bowel. He hovered near death for some days, requiring almost continuous transfusions of blood. It was said that his physical fitness was the only reason he survived that time.
In round 10, in a match played in atrocious conditions at the Brunswick Street Oval
Brunswick Street Oval
The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...

, Fitzroy's
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

champion full-back, Vic Chanter
Vic Chanter
Vic Chanter is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.- Fred Chanter :...

, holds Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

champion full-forward John Coleman goal-less for the only time in his 98 game career.
Overall, the season was the wettest season for more than 20 years. Many matches were played in deep sticky mud on grounds that were covered in sheets of water. Mud was ankle deep at the Brunswick Street Oval
Brunswick Street Oval
The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...

in round 11. White balls were introduced in July to help players see the ball in all of the mud.
- The overall bad weather and the atrocious condition of the grounds throughout the season, and the effect that had on the condition of the ball, especially in relation to hand-passing, marking and kicking, as well as the physical problems of leading and being unable to spring from muddy ground, highlights the significance of John Coleman's 103 goals in 18 matches (he missed the first round serving the last week of his 1951 suspension).

External links

1952 Season - AFL Tables

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