1951 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1951 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round one of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Gordon Lane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Gordon Lane.

Geelong (13.17.95) defeated South Melbourne (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.17.95 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 4 6 . 9 8 . 13 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin SMLB by 3 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

South Melbourne

Captain: Gordon Lane
Coach: Gordon Lane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Egan

Boundary Umpires

H. Kent

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Canning, Warren ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 5 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 5 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Pritchard, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
19 Stevens, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 17

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Brew, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dornau, Erwin ? ? 0 ?
31 Eichhorn, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Goldsmith, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 Harley, Reg ? ? 0 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
18 Jones, Dick ? ? 1 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
1 Lane, Gordon (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 McDonald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
38 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
25 Owens, Llew ? ? 0 ?
15 Paez, Ron ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Walker, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Williams, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 5

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