30 August

Tea Tree Gully played its first game against the Adelaidians in a paddock near Modbury, South Australia, and it ended as soon as the Adelaidians kicked their second goal and were declared winners.

Clubs

A game scheduled at Glanville between Port Adelaide and South Adelaide was abandoned because the two clubs could not agree on the umpires.

Umpires and tribunal

Northcote's George Gough kicked 25 goals 7 behinds against Prahran in the last home and away round of the VFA, a national record for a top level senior match.

Gough scored eleven of the goals in the final quarter.

Records

Melbourne's Fred Fanning kicked 18 goals against St Kilda at the Junction Oval in what became his last VFL game, a record that still stands.

Fanning left the VFL straight afterwards to take a coaching job in the Western District.

Records

Fish Creek claimed it beat Meeniyan by seven points in the South Gippsland League grand final at Leongatha, the goal umpires called it a draw, and the league ended up awarding the flag to Meeniyan.

Fish Creek refused a replay and was fined 15 pounds, having already held a premiership ball and hung a dummy 1952 pennant in the public hall.

Oddities

Williamstown recovered from 31 points down to tie a VFA qualifying final with Prahran, and extra time was used in a VFA final for the first time, to the surprise of many present including Prahran coach Brian Taylor.

The extra-time provision had only recently been introduced to avoid replaying whole finals.

Rules

Semi Final

VFL · MCG · crowd 68,213

Draw

AFL · Round 23 · MCG · crowd 56,663

Draw

VFL · Round 22 · Arden Street Oval · crowd 10,302

Fitzroy won by 125 points

VFL · Round 16 · Brunswick Street Oval

Grand Final

VFLW · ETU Stadium