1951 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-0-17, P%: 70.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Denis Cordner (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob McKenzie (40)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Noel McMahen

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Denis Cordner
Vice-Captain(s): George Bickford

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arnold, Lance #29 18 R01-R18 0
Beckwith, John #30 15 R01-R07, R10-R13, R15-R18 11
Bickford, George #16 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 4
Christie, Ken #4 10 R01-R02, R09-R13, R16-R18 6
Clarke, Noel #26 13 R06-R18 25
Collins, Geoff #3 14 R01-R07, R10-R11, R13-R16, R18 0
Cordner, Denis #1 16 R01-R09, R11-R14, R16-R18 7
Cordner, John #21 6 R06-R09, R15-R16 0
Daly, Alan #9 7 R01, R05, R09-R10, R16-R18 3
Dockett, Len #32 10 R01-R10 4
Ferguson, John #22 2 R04, R10 0
Heywood, Doug #8 10 R03-R04, R06-R08, R11, R15-R18 1
Hutchins, Ray #24 4 R10-R13 0
Jackson, Eddie #7 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 1
Johnston, Bob #14 12 R01-R11, R18 0
Krause, Alan #13 3 R05-R07 1
Lane, Ralph #15 8 R10-R14, R16-R18 0
Love, Colin #19 6 R11-R12, R14-R17 5
Mason, Geoff #15 4 R14-R17 0
McGivern, Geoff #17 12 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R14 4
McKaige, Ken #29 6 R11-R15, R17 0
McKenzie, Bob #2 14 R01-R09, R11-R15 40
McLean, Ian #5 7 R01-R04, R08, R16, R18 0
McLean, Tom #20 11 R03, R05, R10-R18 1
McMahen, Noel #35 18 R01-R18 1
McMahon, Ron #25 5 R09, R12, R15, R17-R18 1
O'Keeffe, George #23 9 R04-R05, R09, R11-R15, R18 1
Paynter, Nevin #18 4 R01, R04, R08-R09 0
Peirce, Terry #15 1 R02 0
Robinson, Keith #36 15 R02-R03, R06-R18 0
Rowse, Bob #27 6 R01-R05, R08 0
Smeaton, Bill #28 11 R01-R10, R14 20
Spencer, Stuart #12 13 R01-R09, R14-R17 14
Thomson, Jack #33 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 14
Webb, Kevin #6 4 R12-R15 4
Woods, Mike #37 16 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R18 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)
La Fontaine, Allan 18 1 -0- 17 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 10 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
28/04/1951 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 49 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
05/05/1951 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 24 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
12/05/1951 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 7 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
19/05/1951 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 18 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
02/06/1951 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 20 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
11/06/1951 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 14 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
16/06/1951 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 45 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
23/06/1951 Round 9 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 103 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
07/07/1951 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 35 Allan La Fontaine George Bickford
14/07/1951 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 34 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
21/07/1951 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 20 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
28/07/1951 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 47 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
04/08/1951 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 24 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
11/08/1951 Round 15 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 12 Allan La Fontaine unknown
18/08/1951 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 19 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
25/08/1951 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 45 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner
01/09/1951 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Allan La Fontaine Denis Cordner