1951 VFL Season Round 4: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1951 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round four of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Green and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

St Kilda (15.8.98) defeated Melbourne (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 15.8.98 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 6 . 7 14 . 8 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Melbourne 2 . 2 8 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin STKL by 13 MELB by 8 STKL by 28 STKL by 7 STKL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Fred Green

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 6 ?
36 Bloom, Nick ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
28 Chapman, Dean ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
34 Phelan, Ken ? ? 2 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Sutherland, Frank ? ? 4 ?
16 Wicks, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 3 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 5 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Rowse, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 5 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 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