title: 1952 VFL grand final
text: # 1952 VFL grand final
  
  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 55th 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.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Geelong | Collingwood |
  | - | - |
  
  Geelong :
  
  | B: | Bernie Smith | Bruce Morrison | Norm Sharp |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | HB: | Russell Middlemiss | John Hyde | Geoff Williams |
  | C: | Bert Worner | Doug Palmer | Terry Fulton |
  | HF: | Bob Davis | Fred Flanagan (c) | Leo Turner |
  | F: | Jim Norman | George Goninon | Peter Pianto |
  | Foll: | Bill McMaster | Russell Renfrey | Neil Trezise |
  | Res: | Sid Smith | Ron Hovey |
  | Coach: | Reg Hickey | Reg Hickey | Reg Hickey |
  
  Collingwood :
  
  | B: | George Hams | Keith Batchelor | Bill Rose |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | HB: | Les Smith | Jack Finck | Frank Tuck |
  | C: | Thorold Merrett | Bill Twomey, Jr. | Des Healey |
  | HF: | Jack Hickey | Maurie Dunstan | Bob Rose |
  | F: | Jack Parker | Harvey Stevens | Neil Mann |
  | Foll: | Mick Twomey | Arthur Gooch | Lou Richards (c) |
  | Res: | Ron Kingston | Ken Aitken |
  | Coach: | Phonse Kyne | Phonse Kyne | Phonse Kyne |
  