1951 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1951 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round one of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Green and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (10.18.78) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.18.78 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 6 6 . 12 9 . 16 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 8 . 8 13 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin STKL by 9 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Fred Green

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Nash

Goal Umpires

N. Grant

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Chapman, Dean ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
1 Dicks, William ? ? 1 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 3 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 2 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Sutherland, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Wicks, Dick ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bickley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 2 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 2 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 5 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
32 Kettle, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 4 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 1 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 12

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