1951 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1951 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (8.6.54) were defeated by Essendon (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,867

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.6.54 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Essendon 4 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Lamb

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 1 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 1 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 1 ?
24 Hutchins, Ray ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
29 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 2 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Webb, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 6 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 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