1951 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1951 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Denis Cordner captained the hosts. Gordon Lane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan La Fontaine and the visitors were coached by Gordon Lane.

Melbourne (15.16.106) were defeated by South Melbourne (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,241

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 15.16.106 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 7 11 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
South Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 10 13 . 14 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin SMLB by 4 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

South Melbourne

Captain: Gordon Lane
Coach: Gordon Lane

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 4 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 6 ?
3 Collins, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 1 ?
15 Mason, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 2 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Brew, Frank ? ? 1 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Collihole, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
30 Deagan, Paddy ? ? 5 ?
11 Dorgan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Dornau, Erwin ? ? 0 ?
29 Garrick, Jack ? ? 2 ?
28 Gillett, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Hilet, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
27 Lane, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
1 Lane, Gordon (c) ? ? 2 ?
38 Murray, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
22 Schaefer, Keith ? ? 0 ?
34 Scott, Don ? ? 3 ?
7 Sibun, Mick ? ? 0 ?
36 Smith, Stan ? ? 0 ?
20 Taylor, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 4 ?
6 Williams, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 17

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