1951 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 85.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Les Foote (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jock Spencer (57)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Jock Spencer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Les Foote

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bahen, Gerry #33 8 R03-R10 1
Bourke, Bill #25 5 R03-R04, R10, R16-R17 0
Brooker, Bob #28 13 R01-R04, R06-R10, R15-R18 6
Clark, Jack #15 2 R01-R02 0
Condon, Don #16 2 R01-R02 1
Cuffe, Jack #17 1 R01 0
Doolan, Neil #16 1 R13 0
Dynon, Kevin #2 16 R03-R18 7
Edwards, Jack #35 7 R10, R13-R18 0
Fletcher, Ron #34 15 R03-R15, R17-R18 0
Foote, Les #1 16 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R18 6
Francis, Leo #13 5 R01-R03, R05-R06 0
Jarrard, Ted #4 8 R01-R08 0
Jeeves, Frank #9 18 R01-R18 4
Johnson, Percy #26 8 R11-R18 2
Kelly, Pat #22 18 R01-R18 0
Lawrence, Vic #19 18 R01-R18 3
Lineen, Jock #25 1 R02 0
Malone, Jim #11 7 R01, R04-R05, R07, R10-R12 3
Marchesi, Gerald #3 7 R01-R02, R06-R10 2
Martyn, Bryan #31 3 R02, R13-R14 0
McCorkell, Jock #18 14 R05-R18 2
McKenzie, Keith #20 16 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11-R18 3
McMahon, Kevin #21 16 R02-R06, R08-R18 6
Milroy, Bill #12 1 R01 0
Mogg, Les #23 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 5
Parkes, Eric #29 12 R03-R04, R08-R15, R17-R18 0
Reeves, John #6 16 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14-R18 12
Reeves, Les #24 16 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R18 0
Robb, Tim #5 11 R05-R11, R13, R16-R18 17
Shipp, Laurie #30 4 R01, R03, R11-R12 0
Skalberg, Oscar #34 6 R03, R14-R18 0
Smith, Kevin #8 14 R02-R12, R14-R16 27
Spencer, Jock #7 17 R01-R16, R18 57
Thomas, Bill 3 R12-R14 0
Thornton, Col #32 18 R01-R18 8

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)
Carter, Wally 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 93 Wally Carter Les Foote
28/04/1951 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 19 Wally Carter Les Foote
05/05/1951 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 26 Wally Carter Les Foote
12/05/1951 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 5 Wally Carter Les Foote
19/05/1951 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 38 Wally Carter Les Foote
02/06/1951 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 14 Wally Carter unknown
11/06/1951 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 33 Wally Carter Les Foote
16/06/1951 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 45 Wally Carter Les Foote
23/06/1951 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 32 Wally Carter Les Foote
30/06/1951 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 64 Wally Carter unknown
14/07/1951 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 3 Wally Carter Les Foote
21/07/1951 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 Wally Carter Les Foote
28/07/1951 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 28 Wally Carter Les Foote
04/08/1951 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 11 Wally Carter Les Foote
11/08/1951 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 1 Wally Carter Les Foote
18/08/1951 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 12 Wally Carter Les Foote
25/08/1951 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 69 Wally Carter Les Foote
01/09/1951 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 20 Wally Carter Les Foote