1951 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1951 between Footscray and Geelong during round eight of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Fred Flanagan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Footscray (9.5.59) were defeated by Geelong (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,500

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 9.5.59 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 4 6 . 5 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 2 8 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 3 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 0 ?
31 King, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 1 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Murray, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 2 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 5

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 6 ?
16 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 3 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

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