1952 VFL Lightning Premiership

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.

Round 1

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Collingwood
 * 4.3 (27)
 * Hawthorn
 * 0.4 (4)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * Carlton
 * 1.1 (7)
 * Fitzroy
 * 2.0 (12)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * Essendon
 * 1.2 (8)
 * Melbourne
 * 2.2 (14)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * Geelong
 * 1.4 (10)
 * Richmond
 * 1.1 (7)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * South Melbourne
 * 4.5 (29)
 * St Kilda
 * 0.0 (0)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * 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
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 * Collingwood
 * 1.2 (8)
 * Fitzroy
 * 0.0 (0)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * Melbourne
 * 4.1 (25)
 * Geelong
 * 1.2 (8)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * colspan=6 style="text-align:center;"| Bye: South Melbourne, North Melbourne

Semi finals

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * South Melbourne
 * 3.5 (23)
 * Collingwood
 * 2.1 (13)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May
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 * 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
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 * South Melbourne
 * 0.1 (1)
 * Melbourne
 * 1.2 (8)
 * MCG
 * Saturday, 24 May