1951 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1951 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round fifteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Keith Drinan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Fred Green.

Melbourne (6.12.48) were defeated by St Kilda (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 11 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 10,019

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 6.12.48 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 8 5 . 9 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
St Kilda 3 . 3 6 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin STKL by 13 STKL by 19 STKL by 8 STKL by 12 STKL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Fred Green

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 0 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 1 ?
15 Mason, Geoff ? ? 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 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Webb, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
36 Bloom, Nick ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 1 ?
30 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 2 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 2 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
26 Russo, Felix ? ? 0 ?
31 Solomon, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 6

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