1951 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 125.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Rose (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Maurie Dunstan (39)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Bob Rose

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gordon Hocking

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Broderick, Neville #4 4 R03-R06 0
Caudwell, Don #31 1 R03 0
Clues, Ivan #31 2 R12-R13 0
Coghlan, Kevin #5 14 R01-R11, R13-R14, SF 14
Darrigan, Kevin #33 5 R06-R10 0
Davey, Col #11 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 23
Dunstan, Maurie #32 15 R05-R17, SF, PF 40
Finck, Jack #6 5 R01-R02, R04-R05, R18 2
Gooch, Arthur #14 3 R04-R05, R10 0
Hamilton, Jack #8 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Hams, George #7 13 R01-R03, R11-R18, SF, PF 0
Healey, Des #12 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 6
Hickey, Jack #30 8 R11-R17, PF 5
Hocking, Gordon #1 9 R01-R09 9
Kingston, Ron #9 19 R01-R03, R05-R18, SF, PF 0
Lucas, Peter #3 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Mann, Neil #16 11 R01-R06, R08, R10-R12, PF 0
McGowan, Allan #4 1 R18 0
Merrett, Thorold #17 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 7
Nolan, Bill #18 1 R04 0
Parker, Jack #27 3 R15, R18, PF 0
Purdon, Jack #19 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 24
Richards, Lou #2 18 R01, R04-R18, SF, PF 19
Richards, Ron #20 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 24
Rose, Bill #33 9 R06-R07, R12-R13, R15-R18, SF 0
Rose, Bob #22 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF 1
Shannon, Bernie #34 4 R07-R10 2
Stevens, Harvey #36 12 R09-R18, SF, PF 14
Swan, Neville #23 15 R02-R05, R10-R18, SF, PF 0
Tebble, Bill #15 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Thompson, Jack #29 11 R01-R04, R07-R09, R11, R13-R14, PF 4
Tuck, Frank #24 16 R01-R03, R06-R12, R14-R18, SF 8
Twomey, Bill #26 8 R01-R02, R15-R18, SF, PF 12
Twomey, Mick #25 17 R01-R11, R14-R17, SF, PF 14

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Kyne, Phonse 20 14 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 93 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
28/04/1951 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 49 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
05/05/1951 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 52 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
12/05/1951 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 39 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
19/05/1951 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 51 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
02/06/1951 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 47 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
09/06/1951 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 19 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
16/06/1951 Round 8 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 14 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
23/06/1951 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 28 Phonse Kyne Gordon Hocking
30/06/1951 Round 10 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 5 Phonse Kyne unknown
14/07/1951 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 32 Phonse Kyne unknown
21/07/1951 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 8 Phonse Kyne unknown
28/07/1951 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 47 Phonse Kyne unknown
04/08/1951 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 2 Phonse Kyne unknown
11/08/1951 Round 15 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 44 Phonse Kyne unknown
18/08/1951 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 22 Phonse Kyne unknown
25/08/1951 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 1 Phonse Kyne unknown
01/09/1951 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 7 Phonse Kyne unknown
15/09/1951 Semi Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 82 Phonse Kyne unknown
22/09/1951 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 2 Phonse Kyne unknown