1951 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 121.2%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Hutchison (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Coleman (75)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Norm McDonald

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain(s): Bill Brittingham

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allanson, Noel #33 3 R01-R02, R07 1
Bigelow, Doug #19 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Brittingham, Bill #23 20 R01-R04, R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Carstairs, Jim #20 3 R11-R13 2
Clarke, Jack #1 6 R11-R12, R14-R15, R17, GF 1
Coleman, John #10 16 R01, R03-R09, R11-R18 75
Dale, Alan #15 19 R01, R04-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Gardiner, Les #18 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Gill, John #34 16 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R15, R18, SF, PF 9
Gilmore, Brian #28 2 R04-R05 0
Harper, Bert #8 9 R06-R09, R13-R14, R18, SF, PF 3
Hutchison, Bill #7 19 R01, R03-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 33
Jones, Jack #24 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 19
Lambert, Chris #14 17 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Lambert, Harold #17 12 R06, R10-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Law, Alby #2 3 R01-R03 0
Leehane, Tom #1 3 R02, R04-R05 0
Leek, Geoff #30 6 R10, R13, R16-R18, SF 3
Lunn, Ron #27 16 R04-R17, SF, PF 3
Mann, Lance #32 16 R06-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Martini, Ray #1 2 R01, R03 0
May, Wally #12 18 R01-R10, R13-R17, SF, PF, GF 2
McClure, Bob #31 2 R01-R02 0
McConnell, Roy #25 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
McDonald, Keith #9 12 R02-R06, R08-R11, R18, PF, GF 8
McDonald, Norm #4 20 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
McEwin, Ron #11 20 R01, R03-R18, SF, PF, GF 26
McIntosh, Keith #29 1 R02 0
Middleton, Lloyd #5 2 R02-R03 0
O'Halloran, Jack #13 7 R01-R05, R07, R10 3
Payne, Fred #35 16 R02-R05, R07-R17, GF 4
Reynolds, Dick #3 1 GF 0
Simpson, Jack #21 2 R03, R05 0
Snell, Bill #22 8 R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 5
Syme, Bob #26 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 13
Tate, Greg #16 18 R01-R06, R08-R13, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 33

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)
Reynolds, Dick 21 15 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 10 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
28/04/1951 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 25 Dick Reynolds Bill Brittingham
05/05/1951 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
12/05/1951 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 39 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
19/05/1951 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 28 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
02/06/1951 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 23 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
09/06/1951 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 15 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
16/06/1951 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 24 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
23/06/1951 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 32 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
07/07/1951 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 4 Dick Reynolds Bill Brittingham
14/07/1951 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
21/07/1951 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 20 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
28/07/1951 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 55 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
04/08/1951 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 46 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
11/08/1951 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 44 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
18/08/1951 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 58 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
25/08/1951 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 26 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
01/09/1951 Round 18 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 44 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
08/09/1951 Semi Final Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 8 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
22/09/1951 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison
29/09/1951 Grand Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 11 Dick Reynolds Bill Hutchison