1951 Grand Final: Geelong v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 29th, 1951
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 85,795
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 11.15.81 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 8 4 . 10 9 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Essendon 1 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEE by 20 ESS by 4 GEE by 27 GEE by 11 GEE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Reg Hickey (Geelong), Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Captain(s): Fred Flanagan (Geelong), Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): James Jamieson
Goal Umpire(s): Thomas Bride, Alan Nicholson
Boundary Umpire(s): John Hicks, Philip Stone
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 1 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
16 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 11 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 2 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

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Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds

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