1951 VFL Season Round 5: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1951 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round five of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (19.15.129) defeated Fitzroy (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,500

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.15.129 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 3 5 . 6 11 . 12 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 6 CARL by 21 CARL by 57 CARL by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Baxter, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 4 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Huntington, Bill ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 5 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 4 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 15

Fitzroy

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