1951 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1951 between Melbourne and Carlton during round six of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (11.12.78) defeated Carlton (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 2 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,774

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 11.12.78 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 9 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Carlton 4 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin CARL by 7 MELB by 15 MELB by 21 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Lamb

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 2 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Krause, Alan ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 12

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 ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 3 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 2 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

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

Score Timeline

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