1951 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1951 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (4.6.30) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 4.6.30 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 2 . 3 3 . 5 4 . 6 4 . 6 (30)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 4 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin FITZ by 17 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
14 Barrett, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Egan, Reg ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Smallwood, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 6

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 1 ?
13 Donnellan, Ray ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
10 Hart, Don ? ? 2 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Lourey, Greg ? ? 0 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 1 ?
32 Roberts, Bob ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 3 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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