1951 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1951 between Footscray and St Kilda during round five of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Fred Green.

Footscray (11.15.81) defeated St Kilda (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 19 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 11.15.81 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 5 7 . 9 10 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
St Kilda 1 . 2 2 . 2 4 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Fred Green

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Rowe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 1 ?
29 Murray, Les ? ? 3 ?
20 Reardon, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 3 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 ?
36 Bloom, Nick ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
34 Phelan, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 3 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Sutherland, Frank ? ? 2 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

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