1951 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1951 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round six of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Fitzroy (14.7.91) defeated Essendon (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 14.7.91 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 7 . 6 11 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Essendon 1 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Bickley, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 1 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 3 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 4 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 1 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Lourey, Greg ? ? 1 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 1 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Streader, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Watson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 2 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 14

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