1951 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1951 between Carlton and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ken Hands captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Carlton (9.10.64) were defeated by Essendon (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 September 1951
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Essendon
Score: 9.10.64 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 6 6 . 7 8 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Essendon 2 . 2 3 . 4 9 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin CARL by 4 CARL by 21 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ken Hands
Coach: Perce Bentley

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Barbour

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 ? ? 3 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 0 ?
14 English, Vin ? ? 1 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Hodgson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Kerr, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
9 Mills, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Milroy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 1 ?
30 Stafford, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Sullivan, Harry ? ? 1 ?
18 Thynne, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Warburton, Keith ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Coleman, John ? ? 7 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Keith ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 2 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 12

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