1951 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1951 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round two of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Fitzroy (12.11.83) defeated Geelong (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 12.11.83 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Geelong 3 . 0 4 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin GEEL by 4 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

F. Grant

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

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

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 2 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 1 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 2 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Pritchard, Bill ? ? 0 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
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) 10 7

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