1951 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1951 between Melbourne and Richmond during round seven of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Bill Morris captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (9.13.67) were defeated by Richmond (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Monday 11 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,061

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 9.13.67 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 9 6 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Richmond 1 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin MELB by 7 RICH by 3 RICH by 15 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Richmond

Captain: Bill Morris
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Krause, Alan ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 3 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 2 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 2 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Albiston, Ken ? ? 1 ?
16 Austen, Col ? ? 0 ?
9 Boland, Brian ? ? 0 ?
7 Cooke, Allan ? ? 1 ?
30 Currie, Max ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
22 Horwood, Ray ? ? 2 ?
5 Morris, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
1 Nix, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Rourke, Jack ? ? 1 ?
24 Poulter, Ray ? ? 4 ?
33 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Rowe, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Rowe, Havel ? ? 0 ?
19 Spring, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Stokes, Ray ? ? 0 ?
26 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
2 Wright, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 9

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