1951 VFL Season Grand Final: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1951 between Geelong and Essendon in the grand final of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (11.15.81) defeated Essendon (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 September 1951
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 85,795

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 11.15.81 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 8 4 . 10 9 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Essendon 1 . 0 6 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEEL by 20 ESSE by 4 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Goal Umpires

T. Bride
A. Nicholson

Boundary Umpires

J. Hicks
P. Stone

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 4 ?
16 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 1 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 2 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 1 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 2 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s