1951 VFL Season Round 13: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1951 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Gordon Hocking, deputy vice-captain Lou Richards captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Collingwood (18.21.129) defeated Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 18.21.129 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 6 9 . 12 12 . 16 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
Melbourne 6 . 1 6 . 2 9 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 19 COLL by 28 COLL by 27 COLL by 47 COLL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Lou Richards (acting)
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Clues, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
5 Coghlan, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Davey, Col ? ? 0 ?
32 Dunstan, Maurie ? ? 6 ?
8 Hamilton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Hams, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Healey, Des ? ? 0 ?
30 Hickey, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kingston, Ron ? ? 0 ?
3 Lucas, Peter ? ? 0 ?
17 Merrett, Thorold ? ? 2 ?
19 Purdon, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Richards, Lou (ac) ? ? 2 ?
20 Richards, Ron ? ? 1 ?
33 Rose, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Rose, Bob ? ? 0 ?
36 Stevens, Harvey ? ? 2 ?
23 Swan, Neville ? ? 0 ?
15 Tebble, Bill ? ? 1 ?
29 Thompson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 2 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Hutchins, Ray ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
29 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 7 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 2 ?
6 Webb, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 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