1951 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 10-2-6, P%: 105.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Ruthven (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Eddie Hart (65)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Vic Chanter

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Ruthven

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Fred #1 7 R03, R05, R10-R13, R18 2
Bickley, Ron #11 7 R01-R07 0
Carroll, Noel #19 3 R08-R10 0
Chanter, Vic #24 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Clay, Bert #31 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 4
Coates, George #2 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 15
Donnellan, Ray #13 11 R01-R07, R10, R13-R15 0
Dunn, Ron #29 8 R11-R18 0
Furness, Don #30 14 R02-R04, R07-R14, R16-R18 3
Gaffney, Jack #26 10 R04, R06, R11-R18 0
Gale, Alan #33 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 3
Gervasoni, Jack #4 15 R01-R04, R07-R09, R11-R18 13
Goodger, Eddie #15 15 R01-R05, R08-R17 0
Hart, Don #10 17 R01-R16, R18 25
Hart, Eddie #25 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 65
Jarvis, Noel #27 17 R01-R17 4
Johnstone, Norm #17 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 1
Kennedy, Dick #9 9 R03-R07, R14, R16-R18 1
Kettle, Jim #32 1 R01 0
Lourey, Greg #14 8 R06-R07, R12, R14-R18 1
Magee, Tom #3 11 R03-R04, R06-R10, R15-R18 3
Roberts, Bob #32 9 R08-R16 4
Ross, Ken #22 14 R01-R09, R14-R18 3
Ruthven, Allan #7 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 35
Shillinglaw, Harold #6 5 R01, R14, R16-R18 3
Simpson, Ron #5 12 R01-R05, R08-R10, R14-R15, R17-R18 6
Stephen, Bill #8 15 R01-R11, R15-R18 1
Streader, Jack #18 7 R01-R06, R10 1
Toohey, Jack #29 12 R01-R03, R05-R13 0
Vandersluys, Stan #28 5 R04, R10-R13 0
Watson, Lance #16 12 R02-R13 1

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)
Smith, Norm 18 10 -2- 6 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 30 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
28/04/1951 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 16 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
05/05/1951 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 24 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
12/05/1951 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 18 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
19/05/1951 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 57 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
02/06/1951 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 23 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
11/06/1951 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 33 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
16/06/1951 Round 8 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 22 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
23/06/1951 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
07/07/1951 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 1 Norm Smith unknown
14/07/1951 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 32 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
21/07/1951 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 36 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
28/07/1951 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 47 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
04/08/1951 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 24 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
11/08/1951 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 27 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
18/08/1951 Round 16 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
25/08/1951 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 26 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven
01/09/1951 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 20 Norm Smith Allan Ruthven