1952 VFL Lightning Premiership

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1952 VFL Lightning Premiership
Season	1952
Teams	12
Winners	Melbourne (1st title)
Matches played	11

The 1952 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knockout competition played entirely on Saturday, 24 May. It was played on the Empire Day holiday between rounds 5 and 6 of the Victorian Football League's 1952 season with all games played at the MCG. This was the fifth time a lightning premiership had been contested in the VFL. It was contested by the 12 VFL teams who competed in the 1952 VFL season. A total of 33,719 people attended the competition. Melbourne won its first Lighting Premiership competition defeating South Melbourne in the final by 7 points.

Matches

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Round 1

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Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date
Collingwood	4.3 (27)	Hawthorn	0.4 (4)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
Carlton	1.1 (7)	Fitzroy	2.0 (12)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
Essendon	1.2 (8)	Melbourne	2.2 (14)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
Geelong	1.4 (10)	Richmond	1.1 (7)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
South Melbourne	4.5 (29)	St Kilda	0.0 (0)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
Footscray	1.0 (6)	North Melbourne	4.6 (30)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May

Quarter finals

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Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date
Collingwood	1.2 (8)	Fitzroy	0.0 (0)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
Melbourne	4.1 (25)	Geelong	1.2 (8)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
Bye: South Melbourne, North Melbourne

Semi finals

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Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date
South Melbourne	3.5 (23)	Collingwood	2.1 (13)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May
North Melbourne	2.1 (13)	Melbourne	2.5 (17)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May

Grand final

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Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date
South Melbourne	0.1 (1)	Melbourne	1.2 (8)	MCG	Saturday, 24 May

v t e VFL/AFL pre-season and night competitions
VFL Night Series	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1977 1978 1987
AFC Night Series	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
VFL/AFL pre-season competition	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
AFL pre-season series	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
AFLX competitions	2018 2019
VFL/AFL Lightning Premierships	1940 1941 1943 1951 1952 1953 1996

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