1951 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1951 between Essendon and Melbourne during round one of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Essendon (13.8.86) defeated Melbourne (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 13.8.86 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 4 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Melbourne 2 . 1 3 . 8 5 . 8 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Boundary Umpires

F. Marinier

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Allanson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 7 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
2 Law, Alby ? ? 0 ?
1 Martini, Ray ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
31 McClure, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Rowse, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 4 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 16

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