1951 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1951 between Footscray and Carlton during round two of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Footscray (5.11.41) defeated Carlton (4.16.40).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 28 April 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 5.11.41 - 4.16.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 2 . 7 3 . 7 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Carlton 1 . 3 1 . 10 4 . 15 4 . 16 4 . 16 (40)
Margin CARL by 1 FOOT by 3 CARL by 14 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
17 Bulman, Alan ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 2 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 2 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
31 Willis, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 11

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
19 Calder, Don ? ? 0 ?
24 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
32 Dern, Harry ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 1 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 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