1951 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1951 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round five of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Gordon Lane captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Lane and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

South Melbourne (15.6.96) defeated Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 15.6.96 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 3 11 . 3 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin SMLB by 4 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Gordon Lane
Coach: Gordon Lane

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Brew, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Dornau, Erwin ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 2 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
1 Lane, Gordon (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 McDonald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
19 Miller, Allan ? ? 3 ?
32 Moore, Harry ? ? 0 ?
38 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Paez, Ron ? ? 2 ?
23 Patterson, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 1 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 2 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Krause, Alan ? ? 1 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
27 Rowse, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 5 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 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