1951 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1951 between Essendon and Footscray in the first semi final of the 1951 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at the MCG. Bill Hutchison captained the hosts. Charlie Sutton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Essendon (8.13.61) defeated Footscray (8.5.53).

Match Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 September 1951
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 66,135

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 8.13.61 - 8.5.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Footscray 6 . 1 7 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 4 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
23 Brittingham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Dale, Alan ? ? 0 ?
18 Gardiner, Les ? ? 0 ?
34 Gill, John ? ? 2 ?
8 Harper, Bert ? ? 1 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
24 Jones, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Lambert, Chris ? ? 0 ?
17 Lambert, Harold ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
27 Lunn, Ron ? ? 0 ?
32 Mann, Lance ? ? 0 ?
12 May, Wally ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
4 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 McEwin, Ron ? ? 1 ?
22 Snell, Bill ? ? 1 ?
26 Syme, Bob ? ? 0 ?
16 Tate, Greg ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Abbey, Angus ? ? 0 ?
5 Box, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Bryden, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Collins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Connolly, Bert ? ? 0 ?
22 Donald, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Henderson, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Henderson, Herb ? ? 0 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Linton, Alby ? ? 1 ?
19 Martin, Alan ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
16 McRae, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Richards, Ron ? ? 1 ?
26 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Sutton, Charlie (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ?
28 Wood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 5

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