1951 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1951 between Footscray and Essendon during round eleven of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Footscray (7.14.56) were defeated by Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 7.14.56 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 7 4 . 8 7 . 14 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Essendon 4 . 3 5 . 5 5 . 5 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 3 FOOT by 21 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 1 ?
11 Kent, Len ? ? 1 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 2 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Murray, Les ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Smallwood, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 4 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 1 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

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