1951 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1951 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round four of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Les Foote captained the hosts. Gordon Lane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Wally Carter and the visitors were coached by Gordon Lane.

North Melbourne (12.6.78) defeated South Melbourne (9.19.73).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.6.78 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 0 8 . 2 10 . 4 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 9 6 . 16 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Margin SMLB by 3 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Les Foote
Coach: Wally Carter

South Melbourne

Captain: Gordon Lane
Coach: Gordon Lane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bahen, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
25 Bourke, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Brooker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 Dynon, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
34 Fletcher, Ron ? ? 0 ?
1 Foote, Les (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
9 Jeeves, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
19 Lawrence, Vic ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 2 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
21 McMahon, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
23 Mogg, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 Parkes, Eric ? ? 0 ?
6 Reeves, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Reeves, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Kevin ? ? 4 ?
7 Spencer, Jock ? ? 4 ?
32 Thornton, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 6

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Deagan, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
17 Dornau, Erwin ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 1 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
1 Lane, Gordon (c) ? ? 0 ?
12 McDonald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
21 McGuinness, Keith ? ? 0 ?
32 Moore, Harry ? ? 0 ?
38 Murray, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
15 Paez, Ron ? ? 4 ?
23 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 0 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 1 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 19

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