1951 VFL Season: Hawthorn
Season Team Details
Competition:
1951 VFL Season
Team:
Hawthorn
Home Ground:
Glenferrie Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 75.0)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allsop, Tom | #4 | 6 | 1 | R01, R03-05, R08-09 |
| Anderson, Gordon | #6 | 11 | 15 | R05-15 |
| Black, Norm | #22 | 15 | 0 | R01, R04, R06-18 |
| Bohan, Leo | #15 | 5 | 0 | R07, R10-11, R16-17 |
| Bowman, Gordon | #30 | 13 | 1 | R01-04, R06-14 |
| Cash, Pat | #33 | 15 | 26 | R02-05, R08-18 |
| Charleston, Peter | #28 | 2 | 0 | R15, R18 |
| Crane, Len | #31 | 13 | 0 | R05-08, R10-18 |
| Curran, Kevin | #1 | 16 | 1 | R01-09, R12-18 |
| Edwards, George | #26 | 14 | 10 | R01-03, R06-07, R10-18 |
| Fitchett, Mike | #32 | 9 | 4 | R03-04, R07, R09-14 |
| Fletcher, Ted | #23 | 16 | 0 | R01-13, R16-18 |
| Gibb, Ray | #29 | 16 | 2 | R01-09, R12-18 |
| Griffiths, Barry | #13 | 9 | 4 | R04-05, R08-09, R13-17 |
| Hancock, Peter | #11 | 13 | 11 | R01-08, R10-14 |
| Hartigan, Jack | #2 | 13 | 8 | R01-06, R08-09, R11-14, R18 |
| Hopper, Ken | #3 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Kennedy, John | #10 | 16 | 2 | R01-12, R14, R16-18 |
| Le Nepveu, Allan | #19 | 8 | 1 | R01-07, R10 |
| MacDonald, Jack | #34 | 12 | 18 | R03, R05-15 |
| Marr, Jack | #24 | 5 | 5 | R06, R15-18 |
| Mathers, Ian | #35 | 1 | 0 | R15 |
| McKinnon, Vic | #20 | 16 | 3 | R01-15, R18 |
| McLeod, Jack | #5 | 7 | 1 | R01-04, R09-11 |
| Morgan, Dave | #17 | 1 | 0 | R15 |
| Newton, Ken | #17 | 1 | 1 | R01 |
| O'Brien, Phil | #8 | 3 | 1 | R16-18 |
| O'Donohue, Peter | #14 | 18 | 5 | R01-18 |
| O'Mahoney, John | #3 | 5 | 0 | R14-18 |
| Pearson, Neil | #7 | 14 | 3 | R01-02, R05-09, R11-13, R15-18 |
| Philp, Clive | #8 | 5 | 8 | R01-05 |
| Rattray, Jim | #9 | 8 | 2 | R02, R10, R13-18 |
| Robison, Jim | #12 | 15 | 0 | R01-12, R16-18 |
| Simmonds, Roy | #27 | 18 | 14 | R01-18 |
| Turnbull, Lindsay | #36 | 3 | 0 | R16-18 |
| Wilkinson, Lance | #16 | 17 | 6 | R01-17 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCaskill, Bob | 18 | 4 | -0- | 14 | R01-18 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Norm Black | Ray Gibb | Ted Fletcher |
| Half-Back: | Jim Robison | Vic McKinnon | Peter O'Donohue |
| Centre: | Neil Pearson | Mike Fitchett | Lance Wilkinson |
| Half-Forward: | Peter Hancock | Pat Cash | Allan Le Nepveu |
| Forward: | Jack Hartigan | Gordon Anderson | Jack MacDonald |
| Follower: | George Edwards | John Kennedy | Roy Simmonds |
This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 18 out of 18 matches was used.
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/1951 | Round 1 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 30 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 28/04/1951 | Round 2 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 25 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 05/05/1951 | Round 3 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 23 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 12/05/1951 | Round 4 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 64 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 19/05/1951 | Round 5 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 38 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 02/06/1951 | Round 6 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 11 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 09/06/1951 | Round 7 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 70 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 16/06/1951 | Round 8 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 33 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 23/06/1951 | Round 9 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 28 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 07/07/1951 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 1 | Bob McCaskill | Peter O'Donohue |
| 14/07/1951 | Round 11 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 34 | Bob McCaskill | Peter O'Donohue |
| 21/07/1951 | Round 12 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 17 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 28/07/1951 | Round 13 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 55 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 04/08/1951 | Round 14 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 6 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 11/08/1951 | Round 15 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 22 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 18/08/1951 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 12 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 25/08/1951 | Round 17 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 16 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |
| 01/09/1951 | Round 18 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 32 | Bob McCaskill | Kevin Curran |