1951 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1951 between Melbourne and Footscray during round nine of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (5.19.49) were defeated by Footscray (23.14.152).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,525

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 5.19.49 - 23.14.152

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 1 . 7 2 . 11 5 . 19 5 . 19 (49)
Footscray 6 . 4 9 . 11 19 . 12 23 . 14 23 . 14 (152)
Margin FOOT by 33 FOOT by 52 FOOT by 103 FOOT by 103 FOOT by 103
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 1 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 1 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
18 Paynter, Nevin ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 3 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 5 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 6 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 5 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 23 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