1951 VFL Season Round 17: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1951 between Carlton and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Denis Cordner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Allan La Fontaine.

Carlton (15.16.106) defeated Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 15.16.106 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 3 5 . 6 11 . 15 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 7 CARL by 26 CARL by 45 CARL by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Denis Cordner
Coach: Allan La Fontaine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Beitzel

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Beasy, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Caspar, Harry ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 1 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 5 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 2 ?
30 Stafford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 Thynne, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Arnold, Lance ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Christie, Ken ? ? 0 ?
26 Clarke, Noel ? ? 6 ?
1 Cordner, Denis (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Daly, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Heywood, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Jackson, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
15 Lane, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
19 Love, Colin ? ? 0 ?
15 Mason, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
29 McKaige, Ken ? ? 0 ?
20 McLean, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 McMahen, Noel ? ? 0 ?
25 McMahon, Ron ? ? 0 ?
36 Robinson, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Spencer, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
33 Thomson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
37 Woods, Mike ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 13

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