1951 Semi Final 1: Essendon v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday, September 8th, 1951
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 66,135
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 8.13.61 - 8.5.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Footscray 6 . 1 7 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Margin FOO by 17 FOO by 15 FOO by 4 ESS by 8 ESS by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dick Reynolds (Essendon), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Bill Hutchison (Essendon), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack McMurray
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 5

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

Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

Score Timeline

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