1951 VFL grand final
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| Date | 29 September 1951 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 84,109 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1951 VFL Grand Final was an
premiers for the 1951 VFL season
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The match
Geelong
The match, attended by 84,109 spectators, was won by Geelong by 11 points (the club's fourth premiership). The win by Geelong — its first since winning the
1937 VFL Grand Final — capped off a brilliant season; the team won the Minor Premiership, its back-pocket, Bernie Smith, won the Brownlow Medal, and its full-forward, George Goninon
, was the league's leading goalkicker.
Essendon
Essendon went into the match without star full-forward John Coleman who had been suspended in controversial circumstances for four matches. On the day of the match, champion ruckman John Gill had a heavy cold and declared himself unfit to play. At the last minute, the Essendon coach, Dick Reynolds, who had retired the year before, was re-registered as a player; Fred Payne replaced Gill in the run-on team, and Reynolds became 19th Man.[1]
Teams
     Geelong
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  Essendon
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Statistics
Score
| Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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| Geelong | 3.8 (26) | 4.10 (34) | 9.13 (67) | 11.15 (81) |
| Essendon | 1.0 (6) | 6.2 (38) | 6.4 (40) | 10.10 (70) |
| Attendance: 85,795 |
Goalkickers
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Geelong:
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Essendon:
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See also
Footnotes
References
- AFL Tables: 1951 Grand Final (Archived 2009-09-24)
- 1951 (Archived 2009-09-24)
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
External links
- 1951 Grand Final on YouTube: Dick Reynolds is in Essendon guernsey no.3.