1952 VFA season

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1952 VFA premiership season
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Premiers Oakleigh
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Minor premiers Port Melbourne
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The 1952 Victorian Football Association season was the 71st season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Oakleigh Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne by 21 points in the Grand Final on 4 October. It was Oakleigh's fourth VFA premiership.

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Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1952 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Port Melbourne 20182019111245153.572
2 Coburg 20155017091272134.460
3 Oakleigh (P)20137014941226121.952
4 Yarraville 20137015371434107.252
5 Brunswick 20128013661278106.948
6 Camberwell 20118114111363103.646
7 Prahran 20119015111501100.744
8 Moorabbin 20101001301132698.140
9 Northcote 20101001270132196.140
10 Williamstown 20812017671571112.532
11 Preston 2071211495157694.930
12 Sandringham 2071301393174379.928
13 Box Hill 2021801228185666.28
14 Brighton 2021801036171760.38
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 13 September Oakleigh 14.19 (103)def. Yarraville 13.15 (93) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) [2]
Saturday, 20 September Port Melbourne 11.8 (74)def. Coburg 5.11 (41) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) [3]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 27 September Coburg 8.10 (58)def. by Oakleigh 11.13 (79) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 17,000) [4]
1952 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 4 October Port Melbourne def. by Oakleigh St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 39,500) [5] [6]
1.4 (10)
2.7 (19)
5.12 (42)
 8.15 (63)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		2.5 (17)
5.9 (39)
9.12 (66)
 11.18 (84)		Umpires: Merrington
Bonnett 3, Caris 2, Bower, Houlihan, MurrayGoalsScott 5, Wenn 3, Lambert, Newton, Watson
Murray (ribs), Tucker (knee)InjuriesCunningham ( knee), Savory (cramp)
Johnson, for kicking Lambert in the second quarter
Murray, for unseemly conduct (interfering with the umpire) in the second quarter		Reports

Awards

Notable events

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References

  1. 1 2 Gavin Cook (8 September 1952). "Yarraville wins way to first V.F.A. semi-final". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 25.
  2. ↑ Gavin Cook (15 September 1952). "Oakleigh stamina must improve to have final chance". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 25.
  3. ↑ Gavin Cook (22 September 1952). "Port is favoured for title in V.F.A.". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 27.
  4. ↑ Gavin Cook (29 September 1952). "Oakleigh is big threat to Port for title". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 25.
  5. 1 2 Gavin Cook (6 October 1952). "Pace, team-work, gives Oakleigh V.F.A. title win". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 23.
  6. ↑ Ian McDonald (6 October 1952). "Fighting spirit gives Oakleigh third (sic) V.F.A. flag". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Port ruckman wins J. J. Liston Trophy". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 11 September 1952. p. 24.
  8. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2004), The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995, p. 36
  9. ↑ Ian McDonald (6 May 1952). "Oakleigh loses four points". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 8.
  10. ↑ "VFA named in writ". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 August 1952. p. 11.
  11. ↑ "Legal battle dropped". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 4 September 1952. p. 22.
  12. ↑ "V.F.A. recovery "in lap of Gods"". The Argus. Melbourne. 2 December 1952. p. 8.
  13. ↑ Jack Oates (5 May 1952). "Box Hill's first win in V.F.A.". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 20.
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