1951 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1951 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Geelong
Brownlow Medallist(s): Bernie Smith (Geelong)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): John Coleman (Essendon)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Geelong (P) 1st 14 -0- 4 135.4% Bernie Smith (23) George Goninon (71)
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 4 125.6% Bob Rose (14) Maurie Dunstan (39)
Essendon (R) 3rd 13 -0- 5 121.2% Bill Hutchison (16) John Coleman (75)
Footscray 4th 12 -0- 6 113.0% Charlie Sutton (14) Alby Linton, Charlie Sutton, Ted Whitten (22)
Fitzroy 5th 10 -2- 6 105.2% Allan Ruthven (11) Eddie Hart (65)
Richmond 6th 10 -0- 8 116.9% Ray Poulter (15) Jack O'Rourke (58)
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 9 107.0% Jim Clark (13) Keith Warburton (48)
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 9 93.0% Ron Clegg (20) Billy Williams (41)
North Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 11 85.4% Les Foote (10) Jock Spencer (57)
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 13 82.2% Harold Bray (14) Peter Bennett (47)
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 14 75.0% John Kennedy (12) Pat Cash (26)
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 70.5% Denis Cordner (14) Bob McKenzie (40)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 7
Boundary Umpire 6

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 86 - 76 24,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 95 - 41 22,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 87 - 57 13,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 78 - 108 27,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 141 - 48 23,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 99 - 100 22,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 57 - 106 37,374
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 67 18,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 41 - 40 26,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 61 - 86 12,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 62 - 81 13,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 37 - 97 18,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 60 - 84 21,437
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 102 - 50 24,500
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 84 - 108 28,000
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 104 - 91 14,000
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 87 - 64 10,000
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 69 - 43 20,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 98 - 91 15,000
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 91 - 67 20,500
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 83 - 44 35,000
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 78 - 73 15,000
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 70 - 52 20,500
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 120 - 56 15,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 96 - 78 16,000
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 96 - 68 24,500
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 129 - 72 24,500
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 81 - 53 18,000
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 116 - 65 38,000
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 60 - 98 9,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 78 - 58 29,774
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 74 - 88 15,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 68 24,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 117 - 126 20,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 93 - 46 19,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 70 - 59 10,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 133 - 63 20,000
SAT 09/06/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 75 - 90 30,000
SAT 09/06/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 97 - 78 20,000
MON 11/06/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 67 - 81 51,061
MON 11/06/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 116 - 69 17,000
MON 11/06/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 84 17,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 93 - 48 13,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 59 - 77 19,500
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 53 - 67 31,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 103 - 79 15,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 86 - 53 8,500
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 66 - 88 26,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 49 - 152 18,525
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 74 - 56 32,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 65 - 105 17,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 59 - 91 24,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 85 - 85 18,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 57 - 85 12,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 104 - 40 22,000
SAT 30/06/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 49 - 93 21,000
SAT 30/06/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 72 - 77 25,000
SAT 07/07/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 49 - 84 22,657
SAT 07/07/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 74 - 70 30,000
SAT 07/07/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 75 8,500

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 120 - 86 10,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 95 - 67 13,500
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 51 - 56 25,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 56 - 64 27,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 103 - 135 22,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 79 - 82 15,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 54 - 74 15,867
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 62 - 119 18,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 38 - 55 14,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 40 8,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 48 - 56 14,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 71 - 45 20,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 129 - 82 14,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 76 - 29 25,500
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 62 - 65 34,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 114 - 59 13,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 98 - 70 10,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 56 - 95 19,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 45 9,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 29 - 31 26,500
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 66 - 33 17,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 106 - 60 20,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 74 - 68 6,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 70 - 81 14,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 48 - 60 10,019
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 61 - 83 17,500
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 81 - 37 30,500
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 100 - 99 10,000
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 30 - 57 22,000
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 51 - 73 11,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 106 - 125 12,241
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 123 - 65 26,000
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 87 17,500
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 66 - 81 14,000
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 66 - 44 25,500
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 71 - 59 6,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 106 - 61 11,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 93 - 24 18,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 79 - 53 30,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 125 - 72 14,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 81 - 82 21,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 80 - 64 14,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 124 - 95 10,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 38 - 70 10,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 64 - 108 27,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 72 - 79 16,500
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 93 - 48 24,500
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 81 - 61 12,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1951 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray MCG 61 - 53 66,135

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1951 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 152 - 70 73,785

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1951 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 68 - 70 50,414

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1951 2:50 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 81 - 70 85,795