1951 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 116.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Ray Poulter (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack O'Rourke (58)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Des Rowe, Roy Wright

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Morris

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Ken #8 8 R07-R12, R15-R16 2
Allen, Tom #18 10 R02, R04-R05, R08, R10, R12-R16 6
Austen, Col #16 18 R01-R18 1
Boland, Brian #9 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 3
Clarke, Fred #17 3 R01-R03 0
Cooke, Allan #7 14 R04-R12, R14-R18 14
Currie, Max #30 7 R02-R03, R07-R11 1
Dillon, Kevin #31 6 R12-R14, R16-R18 0
Flintoff, Les #29 4 R08-R10, R13 0
Fraser, Don #21 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Gardner, Len #34 5 R01, R11, R13-R15 0
Gleeson, Bob #10 1 R18 1
Horwood, Ray #22 12 R01-R09, R16-R18 13
Irvine, Ron #12 5 R06, R10-R12, R17 0
Morris, Bill #5 15 R01-R07, R09, R12-R18 17
Nix, John #1 12 R01-R07, R10, R12-R15 2
Oppy, Max #14 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
O'Rourke, Basil #25 4 R06, R08, R10-R11 0
O'Rourke, Jack #4 15 R01-R12, R14-R16 58
Poulter, Ray #24 18 R01-R18 33
Reiffel, Ron #6 3 R15-R16, R18 0
Ritchie, John #35 3 R04, R17-R18 0
Roberts, Ken #33 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 0
Rowe, Des #15 18 R01-R18 0
Rowe, Havel #3 12 R01-R07, R09-R13 11
Ryan, Frank #8 2 R17-R18 0
Schofield, Peter #11 6 R13-R18 21
Spring, Geoff #19 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 5
Stokes, Ray #27 18 R01-R18 10
Turner, Brian #28 11 R01-R03, R05, R11-R17 4
Wiggins, Bob #26 10 R01, R03-R10, R13 0
Wilson, Bill #32 18 R01-R18 16
Wright, Roy #2 18 R01-R18 4

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)
Dyer, Jack 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 1 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
28/04/1951 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 60 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
05/05/1951 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN RIC by 24 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
12/05/1951 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 64 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
19/05/1951 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 51 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
02/06/1951 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 9 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
11/06/1951 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 14 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
16/06/1951 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 22 Jack Dyer Don Fraser
23/06/1951 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 18 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
07/07/1951 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 4 Jack Dyer Des Rowe
14/07/1951 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 3 Jack Dyer Don Fraser
21/07/1951 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 26 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
28/07/1951 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 39 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
04/08/1951 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 33 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
11/08/1951 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 22 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
18/08/1951 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 22 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
25/08/1951 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 53 Jack Dyer Bill Morris
01/09/1951 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 29 Jack Dyer Bill Morris