1951 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1951 between Collingwood and North Melbourne during round one of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at Victoria Park. Gordon Hocking captained the hosts with Neil Mann as vice-captain. Les Foote captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Wally Carter.

Collingwood (20.21.141) defeated North Melbourne (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.21.141 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 7 . 6 10 . 8 16 . 15 20 . 21 20 . 21 (141)
North Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin COLL by 47 COLL by 41 COLL by 83 COLL by 93 COLL by 93
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Gordon Hocking
Vice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

North Melbourne

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Wally Carter

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

E. Thomas

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Coghlan, Kevin ? ? 5 ?
11 Davey, Col ? ? 2 ?
6 Finck, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
1 Hocking, Gordon (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 1 ?
19 Purdon, Jack ? ? 3 ?
2 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Tebble, Bill ? ? 0 ?
29 Thompson, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
26 Twomey, Bill ? ? 3 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 21

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Clark, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 1 ?
17 Cuffe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 2 ?
13 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
4 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Jeeves, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
3 Marchesi, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 1 ?
12 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Mogg, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Reeves, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Reeves, Les ? ? 0 ?
30 Shipp, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 0 ?
32 Thornton, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

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