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1952 VFL Grand Final
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2
3
4
GEE 4.2 (26)
5.3 (33)
11.6 (72)
13.8 (86)
COL 1.1 (7)
3.3 (21)
5.3 (33)
5.10 (40)
Date 27 September 1952 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 82,890
The 1952 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1952. It was the 56th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1952 VFL season . The match, attended by 81,304 spectators, was won by Geelong by 46 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory and second in succession.
Geelong would not beat Collingwood in a Grand Final again until 2011 .
Teams Umpire - James Jamieson
Statistics Score
Team
1 Qtr
2 Qtr
3 Qtr
Final
Geelong
4.2
5.3
11.6
13.8 (86)
Collingwood
1.1
3.3
5.3
5.10 (40)
Attendance: 82,890
Goalkickers
Geelong :
Goninon 5
Trezise 4
Davis 1
Flanagan 1
McMaster 1
Worner 1
Collingwood :
See also References AFL Tables: 1952 Grand Final 1952 The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004 Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported , Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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