1951 VFL Season Round 10: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1951 between Collingwood and Footscray during round ten of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. In the absence of Gordon Hocking, vice-captain Neil Mann captained the hosts with Lou Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by George McLaren.

Collingwood (10.12.72) were defeated by Footscray (12.5.77).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 June 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Footscray
Score: 10.12.72 - 12.5.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 7 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Footscray 3 . 3 6 . 4 11 . 5 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Neil Mann (acting)
Vice-Captain: Lou Richards (acting)
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: George McLaren (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Coghlan, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
33 Darrigan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Col ? ? 1 ?
32 Dunstan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Gooch, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil (ac) ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 1 ?
19 Purdon, Jack ? ? 1 ?
2 Richards, Lou (avc) ? ? 2 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 1 ?
34 Shannon, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
36 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 3 ?
23 Swan, Neville ? ? 0 ?
15 Tebble, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Tuck, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 2 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 2 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 2 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 3 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Murray, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 5

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