1951 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1951 between St Kilda and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Keith Drinan captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Green and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

St Kilda (9.12.66) were defeated by Footscray (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 9.12.66 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Footscray 2 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin STKL by 26 STKL by 13 STKL by 3 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Keith Drinan
Coach: Fred Green

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Blumfield

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 3 ?
36 Bloom, Nick ? ? 2 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Davidson, Irving ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 1 ?
16 Hurst, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
21 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Mollar, Max ? ? 0 ?
6 Nisbet, Des ? ? 1 ?
34 Phelan, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Russo, Felix ? ? 0 ?
8 Woinarski, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
27 Charles, Norm ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 1 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 0 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 1 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Murray, Les ? ? 0 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Smallwood, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 3 ?
33 Wearmouth, Dick ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 15

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