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.
Essendonedit
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]
^Reynolds 19th for Essendon, ''The Herald, (Saturday, 29 September 1951), p.1.
Referencesedit
AFL Tables: 1951 Grand Final ( 2009-09-24)
1951 ( 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. ISBN0-670-86814-0
External linksedit
1951 Grand Final on YouTube: Dick Reynolds is in Essendon guernsey no.3.
January 01, 1970
1951, grand, final, 1951, grand, final, australian, rules, football, game, contested, between, geelong, football, club, essendon, football, club, held, melbourne, cricket, ground, september, 1951, 54th, annual, grand, final, victorian, football, league, staged. 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 54th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League staged to determine the premiers for the 1951 VFL season 1951 VFL Grand FinalGeelong Essendon11 15 81 10 10 70 1 2 3 4GEE 3 8 26 4 10 34 9 13 67 11 15 81 ESS 1 0 6 6 2 38 6 4 40 10 10 70 Date29 September 1951StadiumMelbourne Cricket GroundAttendance84 109 1950 VFL Grand Final 1952 Contents 1 The match 1 1 Geelong 1 2 Essendon 2 Teams 3 Statistics 3 1 Score 3 2 Goalkickers 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External linksThe match editGeelong edit 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 edit 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 edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Geelong nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Essendon 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 Res 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 Res Jack Clarke Dick Reynolds Coach Dick ReynoldsStatistics editScore edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final 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 edit 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 1See also edit1951 VFL seasonFootnotes edit Reynolds 19th for Essendon The Herald Saturday 29 September 1951 p 1 References editAFL 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 0External links edit1951 Grand Final on YouTube Dick Reynolds is in Essendon guernsey no 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1951 VFL grand final amp oldid 1142211890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
