1951 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1951 between Melbourne and Geelong during round ten of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. George Bickford captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (7.7.49) were defeated by Geelong (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,657

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 7.7.49 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Geelong 4 . 2 7 . 6 9 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: George Bickford
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Roach

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 3 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 1 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 1 ?
32 Dockett, Len ? ? 1 ?
22 Ferguson, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Hutchins, Ray ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 7

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 3 ?
16 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
7 McMaster, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 2 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 1 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

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