1951 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 75.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): John Kennedy (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Pat Cash (26)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): John Kennedy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Curran

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allsop, Tom #4 6 R01, R03-R05, R08-R09 1
Anderson, Gordon #6 11 R05-R15 15
Black, Norm #22 15 R01, R04, R06-R18 0
Bohan, Leo #15 5 R07, R10-R11, R16-R17 0
Bowman, Gordon #30 13 R01-R04, R06-R14 1
Cash, Pat #33 15 R02-R05, R08-R18 26
Charleston, Peter #28 2 R15, R18 0
Crane, Len #31 13 R05-R08, R10-R18 0
Curran, Kevin #1 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 1
Edwards, George #26 14 R01-R03, R06-R07, R10-R18 10
Fitchett, Mike #32 9 R03-R04, R07, R09-R14 4
Fletcher, Ted #23 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 0
Gibb, Ray #29 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 2
Griffiths, Barry #13 9 R04-R05, R08-R09, R13-R17 4
Hancock, Peter #11 13 R01-R08, R10-R14 11
Hartigan, Jack #2 13 R01-R06, R08-R09, R11-R14, R18 8
Hopper, Ken #3 1 R02 0
Kennedy, John #10 16 R01-R12, R14, R16-R18 2
Le Nepveu, Allan #19 8 R01-R07, R10 1
MacDonald, Jack #34 12 R03, R05-R15 18
Marr, Jack #24 5 R06, R15-R18 5
Mathers, Ian #35 1 R15 0
McKinnon, Vic #20 16 R01-R15, R18 3
McLeod, Jack #5 7 R01-R04, R09-R11 1
Morgan, Dave #17 1 R15 0
Newton, Ken #17 1 R01 1
O'Brien, Phil #8 3 R16-R18 1
O'Donohue, Peter #14 18 R01-R18 5
O'Mahoney, John #3 5 R14-R18 0
Pearson, Neil #7 14 R01-R02, R05-R09, R11-R13, R15-R18 3
Philp, Clive #8 5 R01-R05 8
Rattray, Jim #9 8 R02, R10, R13-R18 2
Robison, Jim #12 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 0
Simmonds, Roy #27 18 R01-R18 14
Turnbull, Lindsay #36 3 R16-R18 0
Wilkinson, Lance #16 17 R01-R17 6

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)
McCaskill, Bob 18 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 30 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
28/04/1951 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 25 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
05/05/1951 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 23 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
12/05/1951 Round 4 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 64 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
19/05/1951 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 38 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
02/06/1951 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 11 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
09/06/1951 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 70 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
16/06/1951 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 33 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
23/06/1951 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 28 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
07/07/1951 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN HAW by 1 Bob McCaskill Peter O'Donohue
14/07/1951 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 34 Bob McCaskill Peter O'Donohue
21/07/1951 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 17 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
28/07/1951 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 55 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
04/08/1951 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 6 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
11/08/1951 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 22 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
18/08/1951 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 12 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
25/08/1951 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 16 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran
01/09/1951 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 32 Bob McCaskill Kevin Curran