1951 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 113.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Charlie Sutton (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Linton, Charlie Sutton, Ted Whitten (22)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Jack Collins

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Sutton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Angus #30 18 R01-R17, SF 0
Aked, Frank #32 1 R14 0
Barrett, John #14 7 R01-R02, R07-R08, R14-R15, R18 1
Box, Peter #5 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Bryden, Dave #18 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 16
Bulman, Alan #17 4 R01-R04 3
Charles, Norm #27 4 R06-R07, R16-R17 8
Collins, Jack #2 19 R01-R18, SF 7
Connolly, Bert #31 10 R05-R06, R10-R12, R15-R18, SF 0
Donald, Wally #22 18 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF 0
Edwards, Arthur #20 2 R18, SF 2
Edwards, Norm #10 1 R18 1
Egan, Reg #8 8 R04-R05, R08-R12, R15 8
Gallagher, Jim #24 8 R09-R10, R13, R15-R18, SF 0
Henderson, Don #1 10 R01-R02, R08-R13, R16, SF 5
Henderson, Herb #25 15 R01-R04, R08-R10, R12-R18, SF 0
Kent, Len #11 13 R01-R06, R08-R14 12
King, Jack #31 4 R01, R05, R07-R08 1
Laffey, Merv #12 9 R01-R05, R08, R17-R18, SF 10
Linton, Alby #23 15 R03, R05-R07, R09-R18, SF 23
Martin, Alan #19 17 R01-R06, R08, R10-R18, SF 0
McLaren, George #21 17 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R18, SF 3
McRae, Frank #16 19 R01-R18, SF 4
Moncrieff, Allan #10 1 R07 1
Murray, Les #29 11 R03-R11, R16-R17 6
Reardon, Bill #20 6 R02-R07 5
Reid, Bruce #7 3 R03, R06-R07 1
Richards, Ron #4 10 R08-R15, R18, SF 7
Scanlan, Bill #26 17 R03-R18, SF 1
Smallwood, Bernie #15 7 R06, R11, R13-R17 4
Sutton, Charlie #6 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 23
Vanderfeen, Geoff #10 2 R04, R07 0
Wearmouth, Dick #33 18 R01-R18 2
Whitten, Ted #3 15 R01-R05, R08-R15, R18, SF 22
Willis, Brian #31 2 R01-R02 0
Wood, Bill #28 14 R01-R02, R05-R07, R09-R10, R12-R17, SF 13

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)
Sutton, Charlie 18 11 -0- 7 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF
McLaren, George 1 1 -0- 0 R10

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
28/04/1951 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 1 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
05/05/1951 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 26 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
12/05/1951 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 18 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
19/05/1951 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 28 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
02/06/1951 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 11 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
11/06/1951 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 47 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
16/06/1951 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 18 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
23/06/1951 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 103 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
30/06/1951 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 5 George McLaren unknown
14/07/1951 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 8 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
21/07/1951 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 26 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
28/07/1951 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 3 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
04/08/1951 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 11 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
11/08/1951 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 27 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
18/08/1951 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 15 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
25/08/1951 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 16 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
01/09/1951 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 45 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton
08/09/1951 Semi Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 8 Charlie Sutton Charlie Sutton