1951 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1951 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Prahran were the premiers, with Bill Faul as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1951 VFA Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 144

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Frank Stubbs Jim Bohan
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Cheltenham Reserve
Northcote Northcote Park
Oakleigh Warrawee Park George Smeaton
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Jim Cleary
Prahran Toorak Park Bill Faul
Preston Preston City Oval Reg Ryan Ray Riddell
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Pat Bourke
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval Gordon Ogden

Season Results

Premiers: Prahran
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 16 -1- 3 66 153.4% 2,028 1,322 286 312 184 218
Prahran 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 121.8% 1,900 1,560 272 268 221 234
Sandringham 3rd 15 -0- 5 60 128.6% 2,017 1,568 291 271 223 230
Oakleigh 4th 13 -1- 6 54 131.1% 2,015 1,537 289 281 213 259
Brighton 5th 12 -0- 8 48 111.2% 1,874 1,685 264 290 241 239
Northcote 6th 11 -0- 9 44 102.5% 1,418 1,384 197 236 189 250
Williamstown 7th 10 -1- 9 42 117.0% 1,788 1,528 252 276 214 244
Brunswick 8th 10 -1- 9 42 100.4% 1,443 1,437 198 255 200 237
Coburg 9th 10 -0- 10 40 104.9% 1,770 1,688 250 270 232 296
Preston 10th 8 -2- 10 36 96.7% 1,627 1,683 231 241 240 243
Yarraville 11th 9 -0- 11 36 90.1% 1,554 1,724 221 228 245 254
Camberwell 12th 3 -1- 16 14 72.1% 1,406 1,949 200 206 277 287
Moorabbin 13th 3 -0- 17 12 73.7% 1,571 2,133 219 257 309 279
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 19 2 48.0% 1,121 2,334 155 191 337 312

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Prahran 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Oakleigh 3rd Defeated by Port Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Sandringham 4th Defeated by Oakleigh (Semi Final)
Brighton 5th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 6th Did not qualify for finals
Williamstown 7th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 8th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 9th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 10th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 11th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 12th Did not qualify for finals
Moorabbin 13th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 80 - 82
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 87 - 120
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Northcote Camberwell Sportsground 57 - 74
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Cheltenham Reserve 63 - 139
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 106 - 75
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Box Hill Preston City Oval 110 - 51
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 135 - 44

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 1 -0- 0 4 306.8% 135 44
Sandringham 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 220.6% 139 63
Preston 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 215.7% 110 51
Port Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 141.3% 106 75
Prahran 5th 1 -0- 0 4 137.9% 120 87
Northcote 6th 1 -0- 0 4 129.8% 74 57
Oakleigh 7th 1 -0- 0 4 102.5% 82 80
Brighton 8th 0 -0- 1 0 97.6% 80 82
Camberwell 9th 0 -0- 1 0 77.0% 57 74
Brunswick 10th 0 -0- 1 0 72.5% 87 120
Coburg 11th 0 -0- 1 0 70.8% 75 106
Box Hill 12th 0 -0- 1 0 46.4% 51 110
Moorabbin 13th 0 -0- 1 0 45.3% 63 139
Yarraville 14th 0 -0- 1 0 32.6% 44 135

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 24 - 49
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 137 - 57
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 76 - 43
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 105 - 80
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 89 - 73
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 128 - 125
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 125 - 88

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 2 -0- 0 8 197.0% 260 132
Northcote 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 150.0% 150 100
Sandringham 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 142.0% 267 188
Prahran 4th 2 -0- 0 8 130.6% 209 160
Oakleigh 5th 2 -0- 0 8 116.9% 187 160
Coburg 6th 1 -0- 1 4 130.1% 212 163
Port Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 113.8% 231 203
Preston 8th 1 -0- 1 4 112.5% 198 176
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 1 4 94.4% 136 144
Brighton 10th 0 -0- 2 0 89.5% 153 171
Moorabbin 11th 0 -0- 2 0 58.6% 143 244
Camberwell 12th 0 -0- 2 0 54.0% 114 211
Box Hill 13th 0 -0- 2 0 47.2% 75 159
Yarraville 14th 0 -0- 2 0 41.2% 87 211

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Box Hill Elsternwick Park 164 - 47
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 72 - 54
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 80 - 133
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Prahran Cheltenham Reserve 114 - 139
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 66 - 75
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 90 - 42
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 74 - 100

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 3 -0- 0 12 169.2% 335 198
Sandringham 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 149.3% 400 268
Prahran 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 127.0% 348 274
Coburg 4th 2 -0- 1 8 131.6% 312 237
Port Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 131.0% 321 245
Northcote 6th 2 -0- 1 8 123.4% 216 175
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 1 8 105.1% 208 198
Oakleigh 8th 2 -0- 1 8 91.6% 229 250
Brighton 9th 1 -0- 2 4 145.4% 317 218
Preston 10th 1 -0- 2 4 101.6% 252 248
Moorabbin 11th 0 -0- 3 0 67.1% 257 383
Camberwell 12th 0 -0- 3 0 56.4% 194 344
Yarraville 13th 0 -0- 3 0 51.8% 161 311
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 3 0 37.8% 122 323

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 68 - 96
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 76 - 77
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 109 - 63
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 62 - 92
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 84 - 119
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 118 - 62
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 102 - 72

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 4 -0- 0 16 161.9% 437 270
Sandringham 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 157.0% 518 330
Port Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 134.5% 413 307
Northcote 4th 3 -0- 1 12 116.7% 293 251
Prahran 5th 3 -0- 1 12 112.0% 410 366
Oakleigh 6th 3 -0- 1 12 108.0% 338 313
Brighton 7th 2 -0- 2 8 144.4% 436 302
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 2 8 123.6% 388 314
Brunswick 9th 2 -0- 2 8 93.3% 280 300
Preston 10th 1 -0- 3 4 91.6% 336 367
Moorabbin 11th 1 -0- 3 4 78.3% 353 451
Camberwell 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.7% 257 453
Yarraville 13th 0 -0- 4 0 52.0% 223 429
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 4 0 45.3% 190 419

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 107 - 81
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 68 - 108
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 71 - 74
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Preston Cheltenham Reserve 95 - 137
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 59 - 68
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 137 - 30
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 92 - 86

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 5 -0- 0 20 150.6% 586 389
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 149.9% 511 341
Port Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 163.2% 550 337
Prahran 4th 4 -0- 1 16 119.4% 518 434
Brighton 5th 3 -0- 2 12 141.8% 543 383
Northcote 6th 3 -0- 2 12 110.3% 352 319
Oakleigh 7th 3 -0- 2 12 104.7% 424 405
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 3 8 118.3% 459 388
Preston 9th 2 -0- 3 8 102.4% 473 462
Brunswick 10th 2 -0- 3 8 88.7% 361 407
Moorabbin 11th 1 -0- 4 4 76.2% 448 588
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 4 4 61.2% 315 515
Camberwell 13th 0 -0- 5 0 57.9% 325 561
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 5 0 39.6% 220 556

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Camberwell Box Hill City Oval 41 - 60
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 73 - 35
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 93 - 33
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 100 - 83
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 65 - 65
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 101 - 63
SAT 26/05/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 64 - 66

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 6 -0- 0 24 152.0% 687 452
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 141.3% 575 407
Prahran 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 119.5% 618 517
Port Melbourne 4th 4 -1- 1 18 153.0% 615 402
Brighton 5th 4 -0- 2 16 136.2% 609 447
Oakleigh 6th 4 -0- 2 16 118.0% 517 438
Brunswick 7th 3 -0- 3 12 98.2% 434 442
Northcote 8th 3 -0- 3 12 93.4% 385 412
Preston 9th 2 -1- 3 10 102.1% 538 527
Coburg 10th 2 -0- 4 8 106.7% 522 489
Moorabbin 11th 1 -0- 5 4 73.1% 483 661
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 5 4 64.7% 398 615
Camberwell 13th 1 -0- 5 4 64.0% 385 602
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 6 0 42.4% 261 616

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 62 - 62
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 48 - 142
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brighton Cheltenham Reserve 88 - 127
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 71 - 55
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 130 - 55
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 88 - 84
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 148 - 28

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 7 -0- 0 28 144.6% 775 536
Port Melbourne 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 163.0% 745 457
Brighton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 137.6% 736 535
Oakleigh 4th 5 -0- 2 20 135.6% 659 486
Williamstown 5th 5 -0- 2 20 133.1% 659 495
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 2 20 114.5% 673 588
Northcote 7th 4 -0- 3 16 97.6% 456 467
Preston 8th 2 -2- 3 12 101.9% 600 589
Brunswick 9th 3 -0- 4 12 85.5% 489 572
Coburg 10th 2 -0- 5 8 90.3% 570 631
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 5 8 84.9% 546 643
Camberwell 12th 1 -1- 5 6 67.3% 447 664
Moorabbin 13th 1 -0- 6 4 72.5% 571 788
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 7 0 37.8% 289 764

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 133 - 114
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 153 - 115
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 115 - 63
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 111 - 64
MON 11/06/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Northcote Box Hill City Oval 50 - 96
MON 11/06/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 62 - 110
MON 11/06/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Camberwell Brunswick Park 96 - 53

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 7 -0- 1 28 132.9% 889 669
Port Melbourne 2nd 6 -1- 1 26 164.7% 855 519
Williamstown 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 137.7% 770 559
Oakleigh 4th 6 -0- 2 24 132.0% 792 600
Prahran 5th 6 -0- 2 24 117.5% 826 703
Brighton 6th 5 -0- 3 20 123.7% 798 645
Northcote 7th 5 -0- 3 20 106.8% 552 517
Preston 8th 3 -2- 3 16 109.7% 715 652
Brunswick 9th 4 -0- 4 16 93.6% 585 625
Coburg 10th 2 -0- 6 8 87.4% 685 784
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 6 8 80.3% 609 758
Camberwell 12th 1 -1- 6 6 65.8% 500 760
Moorabbin 13th 1 -0- 7 4 70.6% 635 899
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 8 0 39.4% 339 860

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sportsground 91 - 112
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 139 - 71
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 83 - 50
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 90 - 81
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Moorabbin North Port Oval 138 - 67
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 82 - 43
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 75 - 57

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 8 -0- 1 32 136.4% 971 712
Port Melbourne 2nd 7 -1- 1 30 169.5% 993 586
Oakleigh 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 129.5% 882 681
Williamstown 4th 6 -0- 3 24 131.1% 851 649
Brighton 5th 6 -0- 3 24 123.6% 910 736
Northcote 6th 6 -0- 3 24 112.0% 635 567
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 3 24 110.7% 869 785
Preston 8th 3 -2- 4 16 104.1% 765 735
Brunswick 9th 4 -0- 5 16 91.7% 642 700
Coburg 10th 3 -0- 6 12 96.4% 824 855
Yarraville 11th 3 -0- 6 12 83.9% 684 815
Camberwell 12th 1 -1- 7 6 67.8% 591 872
Moorabbin 13th 1 -0- 8 4 67.7% 702 1,037
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 9 0 41.0% 410 999

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 65 - 147
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 106 - 111
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 51 - 54
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Camberwell Cheltenham Reserve 96 - 81
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 92 - 64
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 90 - 81
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 87 - 72

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 9 -0- 1 36 143.9% 1,118 777
Port Melbourne 2nd 7 -1- 2 30 158.2% 1,065 673
Williamstown 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 130.1% 938 721
Oakleigh 4th 7 -0- 3 28 122.4% 946 773
Prahran 5th 7 -0- 3 28 113.2% 961 849
Northcote 6th 7 -0- 3 28 111.5% 689 618
Brighton 7th 6 -0- 4 24 120.0% 1,016 847
Preston 8th 4 -2- 4 20 104.8% 855 816
Brunswick 9th 4 -0- 6 16 91.9% 693 754
Yarraville 10th 4 -0- 6 16 86.3% 795 921
Coburg 11th 3 -0- 7 12 95.8% 905 945
Moorabbin 12th 2 -0- 8 8 71.4% 798 1,118
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 8 6 69.4% 672 968
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 10 0 41.4% 475 1,146

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 86 - 113
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Northcote Park 62 - 68
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 188 - 56
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 86 - 75
SAT 07/07/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 55 - 58
SAT 07/07/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 113 - 80
SAT 07/07/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Moorabbin Yarraville Oval 117 - 84

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 10 -0- 1 40 143.6% 1,231 857
Port Melbourne 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 155.2% 1,178 759
Oakleigh 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 136.8% 1,134 829
Prahran 4th 8 -0- 3 32 113.3% 1,047 924
Williamstown 5th 7 -0- 4 28 125.5% 1,013 807
Brighton 6th 7 -0- 4 28 119.3% 1,084 909
Northcote 7th 7 -0- 4 28 109.5% 751 686
Preston 8th 4 -2- 5 20 100.6% 935 929
Brunswick 9th 5 -0- 6 20 92.8% 751 809
Yarraville 10th 5 -0- 6 20 90.7% 912 1,005
Coburg 11th 3 -0- 8 12 95.7% 960 1,003
Moorabbin 12th 2 -0- 9 8 71.4% 882 1,235
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 9 6 70.1% 758 1,081
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 11 0 39.8% 531 1,334

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Prahran Box Hill City Oval 77 - 126
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 103 - 98
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 68 - 58
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Northcote Cheltenham Reserve 84 - 109
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 90 - 58
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 117 - 79
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 145 - 51

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 10 -0- 2 40 139.4% 1,289 925
Port Melbourne 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 155.2% 1,268 817
Prahran 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 117.2% 1,173 1,001
Williamstown 4th 8 -0- 4 32 135.0% 1,158 858
Oakleigh 5th 8 -0- 4 32 128.2% 1,213 946
Brighton 6th 8 -0- 4 32 117.9% 1,187 1,007
Northcote 7th 8 -0- 4 32 111.7% 860 770
Preston 8th 5 -2- 5 24 104.4% 1,052 1,008
Brunswick 9th 6 -0- 6 24 94.5% 819 867
Yarraville 10th 5 -0- 7 20 88.6% 970 1,095
Coburg 11th 3 -0- 9 12 95.7% 1,058 1,106
Moorabbin 12th 2 -0- 10 8 71.9% 966 1,344
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 10 6 66.0% 809 1,226
Box Hill 14th 0 -0- 12 0 41.6% 608 1,460

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 56 - 56
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Moorabbin Coburg City Oval 83 - 72
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 44 - 74
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 48 - 48
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 95 - 52
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 81 - 58
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 70 - 46

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 11 -0- 2 44 139.4% 1,370 983
Port Melbourne 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 155.9% 1,342 861
Prahran 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 120.4% 1,268 1,053
Williamstown 4th 8 -1- 4 34 132.8% 1,214 914
Oakleigh 5th 8 -1- 4 34 126.9% 1,261 994
Brighton 6th 8 -0- 5 32 114.4% 1,245 1,088
Northcote 7th 8 -0- 5 32 107.1% 904 844
Brunswick 8th 6 -1- 6 26 94.8% 867 915
Preston 9th 5 -2- 6 24 100.1% 1,104 1,103
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 7 24 91.1% 1,040 1,141
Coburg 11th 4 -0- 9 16 96.9% 1,141 1,178
Moorabbin 12th 2 -0- 11 8 72.7% 1,038 1,427
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 11 6 66.0% 855 1,296
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 12 2 43.8% 664 1,516

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 65 - 71
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 123 - 67
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 74 - 85
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Oakleigh Cheltenham Reserve 54 - 170
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 133 - 87
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 95 - 75
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 85 - 38

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 11 -1- 2 46 155.6% 1,475 948
Sandringham 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 130.6% 1,457 1,116
Prahran 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 119.8% 1,339 1,118
Oakleigh 4th 9 -1- 4 38 136.5% 1,431 1,048
Williamstown 5th 8 -1- 5 34 127.8% 1,289 1,009
Brighton 6th 8 -0- 6 32 113.0% 1,310 1,159
Northcote 7th 8 -0- 6 32 101.4% 942 929
Brunswick 8th 7 -1- 6 30 100.8% 990 982
Preston 9th 6 -2- 6 28 101.8% 1,199 1,178
Yarraville 10th 7 -0- 7 28 95.4% 1,125 1,179
Coburg 11th 5 -0- 9 20 97.9% 1,226 1,252
Moorabbin 12th 2 -0- 12 8 68.4% 1,092 1,597
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 12 6 67.3% 929 1,381
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 13 2 44.6% 731 1,639

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brighton Box Hill City Oval 59 - 118
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 66 - 43
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 49 - 76
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Moorabbin Toorak Park 97 - 65
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 72 - 75
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 95 - 39
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 58 - 71

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 12 -1- 2 50 155.6% 1,551 997
Sandringham 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 134.4% 1,552 1,155
Prahran 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 121.4% 1,436 1,183
Oakleigh 4th 9 -1- 5 38 131.7% 1,480 1,124
Brighton 5th 9 -0- 6 36 117.2% 1,428 1,218
Northcote 6th 9 -0- 6 36 102.6% 1,013 987
Williamstown 7th 8 -1- 6 34 124.7% 1,347 1,080
Brunswick 8th 8 -1- 6 34 101.0% 1,065 1,054
Preston 9th 6 -2- 7 28 101.4% 1,271 1,253
Yarraville 10th 7 -0- 8 28 93.8% 1,168 1,245
Coburg 11th 6 -0- 9 24 99.8% 1,292 1,295
Moorabbin 12th 2 -0- 13 8 68.3% 1,157 1,694
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 13 6 65.6% 968 1,476
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 14 2 45.0% 790 1,757

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 114 - 96
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 75 - 96
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 72 - 101
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Cheltenham Reserve 121 - 79
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 78 - 94
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 85 - 92
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 47 - 96

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 13 -0- 3 52 137.1% 1,648 1,202
Prahran 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 120.5% 1,528 1,268
Port Melbourne 3rd 12 -1- 3 50 150.2% 1,636 1,089
Oakleigh 4th 10 -1- 5 42 132.2% 1,581 1,196
Brighton 5th 10 -0- 6 40 117.4% 1,542 1,314
Williamstown 6th 9 -1- 6 38 124.9% 1,443 1,155
Northcote 7th 9 -0- 7 36 100.9% 1,091 1,081
Brunswick 8th 8 -1- 7 34 99.1% 1,140 1,150
Coburg 9th 7 -0- 9 28 100.9% 1,386 1,373
Preston 10th 6 -2- 8 28 100.0% 1,367 1,367
Yarraville 11th 7 -0- 9 28 90.6% 1,215 1,341
Moorabbin 12th 3 -0- 13 12 72.1% 1,278 1,773
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 14 6 65.9% 1,040 1,577
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 15 2 46.3% 869 1,878

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 64 - 81
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 62 - 61
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 157 - 61
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 92 - 72
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Moorabbin Preston City Oval 94 - 55
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 74 - 76
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 87 - 94

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 14 -0- 3 56 120.9% 1,620 1,340
Port Melbourne 2nd 13 -1- 3 54 148.9% 1,717 1,153
Sandringham 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 134.7% 1,722 1,278
Oakleigh 4th 11 -1- 5 46 138.3% 1,738 1,257
Brighton 5th 10 -0- 7 40 116.5% 1,603 1,376
Northcote 6th 10 -0- 7 40 101.0% 1,167 1,155
Williamstown 7th 9 -1- 7 38 122.5% 1,530 1,249
Brunswick 8th 9 -1- 7 38 99.3% 1,202 1,211
Preston 9th 7 -2- 8 32 102.7% 1,461 1,422
Coburg 10th 8 -0- 9 32 101.4% 1,480 1,460
Yarraville 11th 7 -0- 10 28 85.2% 1,276 1,498
Moorabbin 12th 3 -0- 14 12 71.4% 1,333 1,867
Camberwell 13th 1 -1- 15 6 66.6% 1,112 1,669
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 16 2 47.6% 933 1,959

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 137 - 108
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Box Hill Camberwell Sportsground 138 - 119
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 141 - 81
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brunswick Cheltenham Reserve 69 - 93
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Northcote Park 66 - 82
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 127 - 62
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 86 - 104

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 15 -0- 3 60 120.9% 1,724 1,426
Port Melbourne 2nd 14 -1- 3 58 151.8% 1,844 1,215
Sandringham 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 127.1% 1,803 1,419
Oakleigh 4th 12 -1- 5 50 137.6% 1,820 1,323
Brighton 5th 11 -0- 7 44 117.3% 1,740 1,484
Brunswick 6th 10 -1- 7 42 101.2% 1,295 1,280
Northcote 7th 10 -0- 8 40 99.7% 1,233 1,237
Williamstown 8th 9 -1- 8 38 118.2% 1,638 1,386
Coburg 9th 9 -0- 9 36 105.2% 1,621 1,541
Preston 10th 7 -2- 9 32 98.3% 1,523 1,549
Yarraville 11th 7 -0- 11 28 85.0% 1,362 1,602
Moorabbin 12th 3 -0- 15 12 71.5% 1,402 1,960
Camberwell 13th 2 -1- 15 10 69.9% 1,250 1,788
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 17 2 50.2% 1,052 2,097

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Box Hill v Yarraville Box Hill City Oval 36 - 104
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Brighton v Moorabbin Elsternwick Park 85 - 83
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 58 - 66
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 114 - 80
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 114 - 52
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 71 - 65
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 68 - 80

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 16 -0- 3 64 124.4% 1,838 1,478
Port Melbourne 2nd 15 -1- 3 62 150.0% 1,910 1,273
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 126.6% 1,883 1,487
Oakleigh 4th 13 -1- 5 54 137.8% 1,934 1,403
Brighton 5th 12 -0- 7 48 116.5% 1,825 1,567
Brunswick 6th 10 -1- 8 42 100.5% 1,353 1,346
Northcote 7th 10 -0- 9 40 95.1% 1,285 1,351
Williamstown 8th 9 -1- 9 38 116.4% 1,706 1,466
Coburg 9th 9 -0- 10 36 102.8% 1,701 1,655
Preston 10th 8 -2- 9 36 98.8% 1,594 1,614
Yarraville 11th 8 -0- 11 32 89.5% 1,466 1,638
Moorabbin 12th 3 -0- 16 12 72.6% 1,485 2,045
Camberwell 13th 2 -1- 16 10 70.7% 1,315 1,859
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 18 2 49.4% 1,088 2,201

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 91 - 90
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 69 - 33
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Cheltenham Reserve 86 - 88
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Northcote v Box Hill Northcote Park 133 - 33
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 118 - 49
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 134 - 81
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 82 - 62

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 16 -1- 3 66 153.4% 2,028 1,322
Prahran 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 121.8% 1,900 1,560
Sandringham 3rd 15 -0- 5 60 128.6% 2,017 1,568
Oakleigh 4th 13 -1- 6 54 131.1% 2,015 1,537
Brighton 5th 12 -0- 8 48 111.2% 1,874 1,685
Northcote 6th 11 -0- 9 44 102.5% 1,418 1,384
Williamstown 7th 10 -1- 9 42 117.0% 1,788 1,528
Brunswick 8th 10 -1- 9 42 100.4% 1,443 1,437
Coburg 9th 10 -0- 10 40 104.9% 1,770 1,688
Preston 10th 8 -2- 10 36 96.7% 1,627 1,683
Yarraville 11th 9 -0- 11 36 90.1% 1,554 1,724
Camberwell 12th 3 -1- 16 14 72.1% 1,406 1,949
Moorabbin 13th 3 -0- 17 12 73.7% 1,571 2,133
Box Hill 14th 0 -1- 19 2 48.0% 1,121 2,334

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1951 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Junction Oval 82 - 101 20,000
SAT 22/09/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran Junction Oval 85 - 133 17,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1951 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh Junction Oval 64 - 57 20,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/10/1951 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Junction Oval 79 - 70 32,500