1951 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 135.4%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Bernie Smith (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Goninon (71)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Bernie Smith

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Fred Flanagan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Canning, Warren #12 1 R01 0
Davis, Bob #4 18 R01-R09, R12-R18, SF, GF 10
Flanagan, Fred #10 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 17
Fulton, Terry #33 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Goninon, George #18 18 R03-R18, SF, GF 86
Hickinbotham, Alan #3 4 R16-R18, SF 0
Hovey, Ron #16 16 R03-R13, R15, R17-R18, SF, GF 5
Hyde, John #37 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Irvine, Arthur #23 8 R01-R05, R12-R14 0
Lynch, Marty #35 3 R01-R03 7
McMaster, Bill #7 11 R01-R03, R07, R10-R11, R16-R18, SF, GF 16
Middlemiss, Russell #2 19 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF, GF 2
Monahan, Andy #26 1 R05 0
Morrison, Bruce #1 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Morrow, Tom #22 17 R01-R12, R15, R17-R18, SF, GF 6
Norman, Jim #30 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 9
O'Halloran, Leo #20 7 R07-R10, R13-R15 2
Pianto, Peter #6 12 R06-R11, R14-R16, R18, SF, GF 14
Pritchard, Bill #21 3 R01-R03 0
Rayson, Noel #27 2 R04-R05 0
Reed, Les #17 4 R01-R02, R13, GF 0
Reid, Alan #36 2 R11-R12 0
Renfrey, Russ #8 19 R02-R18, SF, GF 20
Scott, Don #34 8 R04-R10, R14 4
Scott, Norm #29 17 R01-R17 0
Smith, Bernie #11 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Stevens, Jack #19 3 R01-R02, R16 0
Stewart, Loy #32 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 2
Tate, Syd #24 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 4
Trezise, Neil #28 18 R03-R18, SF, GF 28
Tuckwell, Jim #15 3 R03-R04, R06 0
Turner, Leo #9 14 R01-R02, R06, R10-R18, SF, GF 9
Worner, Bert #25 13 R08-R18, SF, GF 2

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)
Hickey, Reg 20 16 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 54 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
28/04/1951 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 16 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
05/05/1951 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 52 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
12/05/1951 Round 4 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 24 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
19/05/1951 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 28 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
02/06/1951 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 14 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
09/06/1951 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 70 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
16/06/1951 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 18 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
23/06/1951 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 18 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
07/07/1951 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 35 Reg Hickey unknown
14/07/1951 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 28 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
21/07/1951 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 57 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
28/07/1951 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 47 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
04/08/1951 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 2 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
11/08/1951 Round 15 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 22 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
18/08/1951 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 58 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
25/08/1951 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 69 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
01/09/1951 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 32 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
15/09/1951 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 82 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan
29/09/1951 Grand Final Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 11 Reg Hickey Fred Flanagan