1951 VFL Grand Final

Geelong	Essendon
11.15 (81)	10.10 (70)

	1	2	3	4
GEE	3.8	4.10	9.13	11.15 (81)
ESS	1.0	6.2	6.4	10.10 (70)

Date

29 September 1951

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

84,109

← 1950

VFL Grand Final

1952 →

The 1951 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 1951. It was the 55th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1951 VFL season. The match, attended by 84,109 spectators, was won by Geelong by 11 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.

This was the sixth successive Grand Final appearance for the Bombers, who were the reigning premiers. They were attempting to win three successive flags, after having defeated Carlton in the 1949 VFL Grand Final and North Melbourne in the 1950 VFL Grand Final.

The Bombers' went into the match without star full-forward John Coleman who had been suspended for four matches.

The win by Geelong capped off a brilliant season for the Cats. They won the Minor Premiership for finishing on top of the home and away ladder, Bernie Smith won the Brownlow Medal and George Goninon was the league's leading goalkicker. It was Geelong's first flag since winning the 1937 VFL Grand Final.

Teams

Geelong
B:	Bernie Smith	Bruce Morrison	Loy Stewart
HB:	Bert Worner	John Hyde	Russell Middlemiss
C:	Syd Tate	Leo Turner	Terry Fulton
HF:	Russell Renfrey	Fred Flanagan (c)	Bob Davis
F:	Bill McMaster	George Goninon	Peter Pianto
Foll:	Tom Morrow	Jim Norman	Neil Trezise
Reserve(s):	Les Reed	Ron Hovey
Coach:	Reg Hickey

Essendon
B:	Les Gardiner	Bill Brittingham	Doug Bigelow
HB:	Harold Lambert	Roy McConnell	Norm McDonald
C:	Chris Lambert	Alan Dale	Lance Mann
HF:	Ron McEwin	Bill Snell	Jack Jones
F:	Fred Payne	Keith McDonald	Greg Tate
Foll:	Wally May	Bob Syme	Bill Hutchison (c)
Reserve(s):	Jack Clarke	Dick Reynolds
Coach:	Dick Reynolds

Statistics

Score

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Geelong	3.8	4.10	9.13	11.15 (81)
Essendon	1.0	6.2	6.4	10.10 (70)
Attendance: 85,795

Goalkickers

Geelong:

Goninon 4
Davis 1
Flanagan 1
McMaster 1
Morrow 1
Norman 1
Pianto 1
Trezise 1

Essendon:

K McDonald 2
Syme 2
Hutchison 1
Jones 1
May 1
Payne 1
Snell 1
Tate 1

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

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Geelong Football Club 1951 VFL premiers

Geelong 11.15 (81) defeated Essendon 10.10 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Morrison 2. Middlemiss 4. Davis 6. Pianto 7. McMaster 8. Renfrey 9. Turner 10. Flanagan (c) 11. Smith 16. Hovey 17. Reed 18. Goninon 22. Morrow 24. Tate 25. Worner 28. Trezise 30. Norman 32. Stewart 33. Fulton 37. Hyde

Coach: Hickey

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