1951 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1951 between Geelong and Essendon during round five of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (14.12.96) defeated Essendon (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 14.12.96 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 0 6 . 2 9 . 7 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 9 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 1 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 2 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 6 ?
16 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 1 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 2 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilmore, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
1 Leehane, Tom ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 2 ?
13 O'Halloran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Simpson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 8

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