| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday May 31, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
Result: Win by 21 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 12,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
Goalkickers: F.Davies 5, J.Howell 3, D.Beasy 2, E.Henfry 2, J.Mills 2. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Reports: | Injuries: |
Game Review
The Blues had no trouble beating eventual wooden spooners St Kilda in front of 12,500 people at Princes Park.Back Row L-R, Doug Guy, John Brown, Harry Dern, Jack Howell, Fred Davies, Vin English, Bill Miroy, Harry Caspar.
Middle Row, Ollie Grieve, Richie Green, Arthur Hodgson, Ern Henfry, Ken Hands, Bruce Comben, Jack Mills
Front Row, Doug Beasy, Keith Warburton, Jack Conley, Laurie Kerr, Ron Robertson, mascot Bruce Bentley*
.*We are fairly certain the mascot is coach Percy Bentley's son Bruce who played one game for the Blues in 1964
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Team
B: | 35 Jack Conley | 27 Ollie Grieve | 24 Harry Caspar |
HB: | 16 John Brown | 39 Harry Dern | 33 Ritchie Green |
C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 7 Keith Warburton | 8 Arthur Hodgson |
HF: | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 2 Bill Milroy | 17 Doug Beasy |
F: | 1 Ken Hands (vc) | 13 Jack Howell | 9 Jack Mills |
Ruck: | 28 Fred Davies | 14 Vin English | 15 Bruce Comben |
Res: | 21 Ron Robertson | 4 Doug Guy | |
Coach: | Percy Bentley |
Round 5 | Round 7