1951 VFL Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Geelong were the premiers, with Fred Flanagan as the premiership captain and Reg Hickey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1951 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Perce Bentley
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Norm Smith
Footscray Western Oval Charlie Sutton George McLaren
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Bob McCaskill
Melbourne MCG Allan La Fontaine
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Gordon Lane Ron Clegg
St Kilda Junction Oval Fred Green

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Geelong

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 14 -0- 4 56 135.4% 1,485 1,097 210 225 154 173
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 125.6% 1,499 1,193 209 245 167 191
Essendon 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 121.2% 1,530 1,262 220 210 176 206
Footscray 4th 12 -0- 6 48 113.0% 1,316 1,165 182 224 158 217
Fitzroy 5th 10 -2- 6 44 105.2% 1,373 1,305 194 209 181 219
Richmond 6th 10 -0- 8 40 116.9% 1,551 1,327 222 219 183 229
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 9 34 107.0% 1,341 1,253 184 237 176 197
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 9 34 93.0% 1,399 1,505 196 223 216 209
North Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 11 28 85.4% 1,224 1,433 172 192 195 263
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 13 20 82.2% 1,311 1,595 185 201 223 257
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 14 16 75.0% 1,136 1,515 153 218 215 225
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 70.5% 1,230 1,745 170 210 253 227

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong 1st Premiers
Essendon 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood 3rd Defeated by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Footscray 4th Defeated by Essendon (Semi Final)
Fitzroy 5th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 6th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 10th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 11th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 87 - 57 13,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 141 - 48 23,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 86 - 76 24,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 95 - 41 22,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 99 - 100 22,000
SAT 21/04/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 78 - 108 27,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 1 -0- 0 4 293.8% 141 48
Geelong 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 231.7% 95 41
Carlton 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 152.6% 87 57
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 0 4 138.5% 108 78
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 0 4 113.2% 86 76
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.0% 100 99
Richmond 7th 0 -0- 1 0 99.0% 99 100
Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 88.4% 76 86
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 1 0 72.2% 78 108
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 65.5% 57 87
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 43.2% 41 95
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 34.0% 48 141

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 67 18,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 41 - 40 26,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 61 - 86 12,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 57 - 106 37,374
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 62 - 81 13,000
SAT 28/04/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 37 - 97 18,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 235.2% 247 105
Fitzroy 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 131.7% 191 145
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 125.5% 172 137
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 0 8 101.4% 141 139
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 1 4 143.1% 196 137
Geelong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 130.6% 162 124
Carlton 7th 1 -0- 1 4 129.6% 127 98
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.5% 159 170
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 2 0 69.3% 133 192
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 2 0 68.2% 118 173
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 49.5% 110 222
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 40.6% 78 192

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 84 - 108 28,000
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 102 - 50 24,500
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 69 - 43 20,000
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 87 - 64 10,000
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 60 - 84 21,437
SAT 05/05/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 104 - 91 14,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 225.2% 349 155
Fitzroy 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 134.1% 275 205
Footscray 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 115.4% 210 182
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 1 8 137.6% 304 221
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 1 8 109.1% 263 241
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 2 4 102.4% 211 206
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 2 4 93.8% 212 226
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 86.8% 223 257
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.5% 205 237
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 64.3% 182 283
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 69.9% 193 276
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 52.6% 153 291

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 83 - 44 35,000
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 70 - 52 20,500
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 91 - 67 20,500
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 78 - 73 15,000
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 120 - 56 15,000
SAT 12/05/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 98 - 91 15,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 4 -0- 0 16 134.2% 345 257
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 165.1% 393 238
Richmond 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 153.1% 424 277
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 1 12 121.4% 346 285
Footscray 5th 3 -0- 1 12 104.0% 262 252
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 303 293
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 2 8 92.2% 321 348
Carlton 8th 1 -0- 3 4 93.6% 278 297
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 3 4 73.1% 261 357
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 70.6% 255 361
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 63.5% 231 364
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 75.9% 284 374

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 129 - 72 24,500
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 81 - 53 18,000
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 96 - 68 24,500
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 60 - 98 9,000
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 116 - 65 38,000
SAT 19/05/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 96 - 78 16,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 1 16 157.9% 540 342
Footscray 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 112.5% 343 305
Fitzroy 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 108.0% 417 386
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 2 12 129.4% 458 354
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 2 12 110.5% 399 361
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 2 12 108.7% 414 381
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 3 8 110.3% 407 369
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 3 8 87.2% 374 429
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 80.0% 351 439
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 3 8 77.6% 329 424
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 4 4 70.5% 321 455
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 77.0% 362 470

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 93 - 46 19,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 68 24,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 70 - 59 10,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 78 - 58 29,774
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 74 - 88 15,000
SAT 02/06/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 117 - 126 20,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 5 -0- 1 20 145.1% 666 459
Fitzroy 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 111.9% 508 454
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 137.8% 551 400
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 2 16 112.0% 487 435
Footscray 5th 4 -0- 2 16 107.2% 402 375
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 3 12 102.1% 482 472
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 4 8 104.0% 465 447
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 4 8 88.5% 491 555
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 78.7% 403 512
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 4 8 76.1% 391 514
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 4 8 74.6% 397 532
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 5 4 83.3% 440 528

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 97 - 78 20,000
SAT 09/06/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 75 - 90 30,000
SAT 09/06/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 133 - 63 20,000
MON 11/06/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 84 17,000
MON 11/06/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 67 - 81 51,061
MON 11/06/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 116 - 69 17,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -0- 1 24 142.0% 747 526
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 135.6% 648 478
Geelong 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 124.5% 620 498
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 2 20 103.9% 559 538
Footscray 5th 4 -0- 3 16 95.9% 471 491
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 4 12 106.3% 555 522
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 4 12 99.1% 557 562
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 86.5% 487 563
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 85.4% 513 601
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 5 8 87.3% 569 652
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 5 8 70.2% 454 647
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 6 4 83.3% 507 609

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 53 - 67 31,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 103 - 79 15,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 59 - 77 19,500
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 93 - 48 13,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 66 - 88 26,000
SAT 16/06/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 86 - 53 8,500

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 2 24 134.7% 715 531
Richmond 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 132.4% 813 614
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 125.1% 697 557
Fitzroy 4th 6 -0- 2 24 107.1% 647 604
Essendon 5th 4 -0- 4 16 103.0% 660 641
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 94.9% 580 611
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 4 16 93.3% 530 568
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 91.6% 599 654
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 5 12 103.2% 608 589
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 6 8 85.8% 648 755
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 6 8 69.2% 507 733
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 7 4 79.1% 555 702

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 85 - 85 18,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 74 - 56 32,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 57 - 85 12,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 49 - 152 18,525
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 59 - 91 24,000
SAT 23/06/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 65 - 105 17,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 2 28 136.1% 800 588
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 125.8% 771 613
Fitzroy 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 106.2% 732 689
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 3 24 126.3% 869 688
Footscray 5th 5 -0- 4 20 110.5% 682 617
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 4 20 107.3% 751 700
South Melbourne 7th 4 -1- 4 18 92.6% 684 739
Carlton 8th 4 -0- 5 16 109.0% 713 654
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 5 16 91.0% 639 702
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 7 8 82.9% 713 860
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 7 8 68.9% 564 818
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 8 4 70.7% 604 854

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 104 - 40 22,000
SAT 30/06/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 72 - 77 25,000
SAT 30/06/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 49 - 93 21,000
SAT 07/07/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 74 - 70 30,000
SAT 07/07/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 75 8,500
SAT 07/07/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 49 - 84 22,657

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 8 -0- 2 32 129.2% 855 662
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 131.1% 872 665
Fitzroy 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 105.5% 806 764
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 4 24 123.2% 939 762
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 4 24 110.2% 759 689
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 4 24 107.1% 825 770
South Melbourne 7th 5 -1- 4 22 98.6% 777 788
Carlton 8th 5 -0- 5 20 117.7% 817 694
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 84.2% 679 806
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 71.6% 639 892
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 8 8 80.0% 762 953
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 9 4 69.6% 653 938

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 103 - 135 22,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 56 - 64 27,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 95 - 67 13,500
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 120 - 86 10,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 79 - 82 15,000
SAT 14/07/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 51 - 56 25,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 9 -0- 2 36 130.3% 950 729
Fitzroy 2nd 7 -1- 3 30 108.5% 941 867
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 121.9% 975 800
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 4 28 107.6% 889 826
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 5 24 120.6% 1,018 844
Carlton 6th 6 -0- 5 24 117.2% 873 745
Footscray 7th 6 -0- 5 24 108.2% 815 753
South Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 5 22 98.1% 828 844
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 86.0% 761 885
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 7 16 77.6% 759 978
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 9 8 79.1% 829 1,048
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 10 4 69.8% 739 1,058

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 40 8,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 71 - 45 20,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 38 - 55 14,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 54 - 74 15,867
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 48 - 56 14,000
SAT 21/07/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 62 - 119 18,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 10 -0- 2 40 135.1% 1,069 791
Fitzroy 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 112.1% 1,017 907
Collingwood 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 121.6% 1,031 848
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 4 32 109.4% 963 880
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 5 28 118.5% 928 783
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 5 28 111.0% 886 798
Richmond 7th 6 -0- 6 24 116.2% 1,063 915
South Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 6 22 92.4% 890 963
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 86.0% 809 941
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 8 16 77.2% 797 1,033
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 10 8 77.3% 869 1,124
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 11 4 70.1% 793 1,132

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 62 - 65 34,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 129 - 82 14,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 114 - 59 13,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 76 - 29 25,500
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 56 - 95 19,000
SAT 28/07/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 98 - 70 10,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 2 44 139.6% 1,145 820
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 124.7% 1,160 930
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 114.7% 1,077 939
Fitzroy 4th 8 -1- 4 34 106.4% 1,046 983
Footscray 5th 8 -0- 5 32 110.6% 951 860
Carlton 6th 7 -0- 6 28 116.7% 990 848
South Melbourne 7th 6 -1- 6 26 96.7% 985 1,019
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 7 24 110.8% 1,119 1,010
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 84.6% 879 1,039
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 9 16 74.6% 856 1,147
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 10 12 81.0% 967 1,194
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 12 4 69.4% 875 1,261

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 106 - 60 20,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 45 9,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 29 - 31 26,500
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 70 - 81 14,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 66 - 33 17,000
SAT 04/08/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 74 - 68 6,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 3 44 138.0% 1,174 851
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 124.2% 1,191 959
Essendon 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 118.4% 1,183 999
Fitzroy 4th 9 -1- 4 38 108.5% 1,115 1,028
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 5 36 111.0% 1,032 930
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 7 28 113.6% 1,185 1,043
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 7 28 111.9% 1,023 914
South Melbourne 8th 6 -1- 7 26 92.9% 1,045 1,125
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 84.7% 949 1,120
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 10 16 82.5% 1,041 1,262
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 10 16 75.7% 924 1,221
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 13 4 69.2% 920 1,330

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 61 - 83 17,500
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 81 - 37 30,500
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 30 - 57 22,000
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 51 - 73 11,000
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 48 - 60 10,019
SAT 11/08/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 100 - 99 10,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 3 48 137.8% 1,257 912
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 127.7% 1,272 996
Fitzroy 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 110.8% 1,172 1,058
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 113.0% 1,220 1,080
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 6 36 107.6% 1,062 987
Richmond 6th 8 -0- 7 32 115.0% 1,258 1,094
South Melbourne 7th 7 -1- 7 30 93.5% 1,145 1,224
Carlton 8th 7 -0- 8 28 108.7% 1,084 997
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 10 20 85.9% 1,048 1,220
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 10 20 84.0% 1,101 1,310
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 11 16 75.3% 975 1,294
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 14 4 69.6% 968 1,390

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 66 - 44 25,500
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 123 - 65 26,000
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 87 17,500
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 106 - 125 12,241
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 71 - 59 6,000
SAT 18/08/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 66 - 81 14,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 4 48 128.7% 1,338 1,040
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 127.7% 1,322 1,035
Essendon 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 117.3% 1,343 1,145
Fitzroy 4th 10 -2- 4 44 110.0% 1,259 1,145
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 6 40 108.5% 1,143 1,053
South Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 7 34 95.5% 1,270 1,330
Richmond 7th 8 -0- 8 32 112.2% 1,302 1,160
Carlton 8th 7 -1- 8 30 108.0% 1,171 1,084
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 10 24 87.5% 1,119 1,279
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 11 20 83.9% 1,167 1,391
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 12 16 75.8% 1,034 1,365
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 15 4 70.9% 1,074 1,515

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 106 - 61 11,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 79 - 53 30,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 80 - 64 14,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 93 - 24 18,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 125 - 72 14,000
SAT 25/08/1951 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 81 - 82 21,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 4 52 133.6% 1,415 1,059
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 126.7% 1,420 1,121
Essendon 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 118.7% 1,422 1,198
Footscray 4th 11 -0- 6 44 109.5% 1,223 1,117
Fitzroy 5th 10 -2- 5 44 107.2% 1,312 1,224
Richmond 6th 9 -0- 8 36 115.8% 1,427 1,232
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 8 34 111.5% 1,277 1,145
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 8 34 95.7% 1,351 1,412
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 11 24 83.3% 1,143 1,372
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 12 20 81.7% 1,239 1,516
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 13 16 76.0% 1,098 1,445
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 16 4 70.0% 1,135 1,621

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 64 - 108 27,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 93 - 48 24,500
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 38 - 70 10,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 81 - 61 12,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 124 - 95 10,000
SAT 01/09/1951 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 72 - 79 16,500

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 14 -0- 4 56 135.4% 1,485 1,097
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 125.6% 1,499 1,193
Essendon 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 121.2% 1,530 1,262
Footscray 4th 12 -0- 6 48 113.0% 1,316 1,165
Fitzroy 5th 10 -2- 6 44 105.2% 1,373 1,305
Richmond 6th 10 -0- 8 40 116.9% 1,551 1,327
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 9 34 107.0% 1,341 1,253
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 9 34 93.0% 1,399 1,505
North Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 11 28 85.4% 1,224 1,433
St Kilda 10th 5 -0- 13 20 82.2% 1,311 1,595
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 14 16 75.0% 1,136 1,515
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 70.5% 1,230 1,745

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1951 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray MCG 61 - 53 66,135
SAT 15/09/1951 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 152 - 70 73,785

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1951 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 68 - 70 50,414

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1951 2:50 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 81 - 70 85,795