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 |
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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 |
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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) | |||
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La Fontaine, Allan | 18 | 1 | -0- | 17 | R01-R18 |
Match Results
Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
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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 |
Internal Links
- Season (1951): Click here
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