1952 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1952 VFA 14 Oakleigh 4 Port Melbourne 4 1951 1953 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. 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 main WDL Q 1952 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 PMB Port Melbourne COB Coburg OAK Oakleigh YAR Yarraville BRU Brunswick CAM Camberwell PRA Prahran MOO Moorabbin NOR Northcote WIL Williamstown NBU Preston SAN Sandringham BOX Box Hill BRI Brighton 18 2 0 1911 1245 15 5 0 1709 1272 13 7 0 1494 1226 P 13 7 0 1537 1434 12 8 0 1366 1278 11 8 1 1411 1363 11 9 0 1511 1501 10 10 0 1301 1326 10 10 0 1270 1321 8 12 0 1767 1571 7 12 1 1495 1576 7 13 0 1393 1743 2 18 0 1228 1856 2 18 0 1036 1717 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Sun News-Pictorial 8 September 1952 Yarraville wins way to first V.F.A. semi-final 25 Melbourne Gavin Cook Finals Semifinals Saturday, 13 September Oakleigh 14.19 (103) H Yarraville 13.15 (93) St Kilda Cricket Ground 16,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 15 September 1952 Oakleigh stamina must improve to have final chance 25 Melbourne Gavin Cook Saturday, 20 September Port Melbourne 11.8 (74) H Coburg 5.11 (41) St Kilda Cricket Ground 16,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 22 September 1952 Port is favoured for title in V.F.A. 27 Melbourne Gavin Cook Preliminary Final Saturday, 27 September Coburg 8.10 (58) A Oakleigh 11.13 (79) St Kilda Cricket Ground 17,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 29 September 1952 Oakleigh is big threat to Port for title 25 Melbourne Gavin Cook 1952 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 4 October Port Melbourne 1.4 (10) 2.7 (19) 5.12 (42) 8.15 (63) Bonnett 3, Caris 2, Bower, Houlihan, Murray Murray (ribs), Tucker (knee) Johnson, for kicking Lambert in the second quarterMurray, for unseemly conduct (interfering with the umpire) in the second quarter A Oakleigh 2.5 (17) 5.9 (39) 9.12 (66) 11.18 (84) Scott 5, Wenn 3, Lambert, Newton, Watson Cunningham ( knee), Savory (cramp) St Kilda Cricket Ground 39,500 The Sun News-Pictorial 6 October 1952 Pace, team-work, gives Oakleigh V.F.A. title win 23 Melbourne Gavin CookThe Argus 6 October 1952 Fighting spirit gives Oakleigh third (sic) V.F.A. flag 10 Melbourne Ian McDonald Merrington Awards The leading goalkicker for the season was Johnny Walker (Williamstown), who kicked 103 goals in the home-and-home season and did not participate in finals. The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Frank Johnson (Port Melbourne), who polled 47 votes. Jim Bohan (Camberwell) was second with 45 votes, and Bill Morris (Box Hill) was third with 23 votes.The Sun News-Pictorial 11 September 1952 Port ruckman wins J. J. Liston Trophy 24 Melbourne Yarraville won the seconds premiership. Yarraville 14.13 (97) defeated Moorabbin 12.15 (87) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 4 October. Notable events The Association's Thirds competition, contested by players under the age of 19, was established in 1952.Marc Fiddian 2004 The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995 36 Most clubs already operated Thirds teams, but they were fielded in local leagues rather than a dedicated Association-operated competition. In its first match of the season on 19 April, Oakleigh 14.10 (94) comfortably defeated Brunswick 4.9 (33). However, two of Oakleigh's new recruits – Eric Guy and Bill Botten, both from the Carrum Football Club – were played before their clearances from the Mornington Peninsula Football League were formally lodged with the Association; as a result, on 5 May the Association awarded the match and the four premiership points to Brunswick, and Oakleigh was fined £10. Oakleigh argued that the paperwork error was made by the Permit Committee, not the club; but the Association found that the onus was on Oakleigh to ensure the paperwork was lodged correctly.The Argus Melbourne 6 May 1952 Ian McDonald Oakleigh loses four points 8 In August, the club took the Association to the Supreme Court of Victoria, seeking to overturn the penalties and injunct the Association from staging the finals if the penalty affected Oakleigh's finishing position,The Argus Melbourne 13 August 1952 11 VFA named in writ but dropped the case prior to the final round of home-and-home matches after the injunction was refused and an unfavourable reserved judgement was delivered.The West Australian Perth, WA 4 September 1952 Legal battle dropped 22 Ultimately, the club's third placing on the ladder was unaffected by the penalty, and it went on to win the premiership. The legal action cost the club an estimated £453.The Argus Melbourne 2 December 1952 V.F.A. recovery "in lap of Gods" 8 On 3 May, Box Hill won its first senior match in the Association, defeating Brighton 12.14 (86) d. 12.12 (84), to end a 22-game winless streak which included one draw.The Sun News-Pictorial 5 May 1952 Box Hill's first win in V.F.A. 20 Melbourne Jack Oates See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL