1951 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1951 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Ruthven captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Fitzroy (8.21.69) defeated Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 8.21.69 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 0 3 . 10 5 . 11 8 . 21 8 . 21 (69)
Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 4 4 . 9 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin MELB by 9 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 1 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 1 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Lourey, Greg ? ? 0 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 4 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
15 Mason, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
17 McGivern, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
29 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
2 McKenzie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
23 O'Keeffe, George ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Smeaton, Bill ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Webb, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 9

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