1951 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1951 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Allan Ruthven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (11.13.79) defeated Fitzroy (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 25 August 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.13.79 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Fitzroy

Captain: Allan Ruthven
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 5 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
35 Payne, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Chanter, Vic ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
2 Coates, George ? ? 0 ?
29 Dunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
30 Furness, Don ? ? 0 ?
26 Gaffney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
33 Gale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Gervasoni, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Goodger, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
25 Hart, Eddie ? ? 1 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
17 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
9 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Lourey, Greg ? ? 0 ?
3 Magee, Tom ? ? 0 ?
22 Ross, Ken ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
6 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 2 ?
5 Simpson, Ron ? ? 2 ?
8 Stephen, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 11

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