1951 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1951 between Essendon and St Kilda during round eight of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Fred Green.

Essendon (15.13.103) defeated St Kilda (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 16 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 15.13.103 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 11 . 8 13 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
St Kilda 4 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Fred Green

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Lamb

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 6 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 2 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 2 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 1 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
36 Bloom, Nick ? ? 3 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Evans, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Olle, Tim ? ? 0 ?
3 Pattison, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 3 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Wicks, Dick ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 7

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