1951 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1951 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Fred Flanagan captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (11.10.76) defeated Fitzroy (4.5.29).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 July 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 25,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.10.76 - 4.5.29

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 1 . 4 3 . 4 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Margin FITZ by 5 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 47 GEEL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Fred Flanagan
Coach: Reg Hickey

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Davis, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Fulton, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Goninon, George ? ? 7 ?
16 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Hyde, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
2 Middlemiss, Russell ? ? 0 ?
1 Morrison, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
30 Norman, Jim ? ? 1 ?
20 O'Halloran, Leo ? ? 1 ?
17 Reed, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
32 Stewart, Loy ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
25 Worner, Bert ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Fred ? ? 0 ?
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 1 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 3 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
29 Toohey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Vandersluys, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Watson, Lance ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 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