1951 VFL Lightning Premiership

The 1951 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knockout competition played entirely on Wednesday, 9 May. It was played on the Jubilee Day holiday, held to celebrate 50 years of Federation of Australia, between rounds 3 and 4 of the Victorian Football League's 1951 season with all games played at the MCG. This was the fourth time a lightning premiership had been contested in the VFL, the first since 1943. It was contested by the 12 VFL teams who competed in the 1951 VFL season. A total of 25,882 people attended the competition. Collingwood won its second Lighting Premiership competition defeating Melbourne in the final by 6 points.

First round

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Carlton
 * 2.2 (14)
 * Footscray
 * 3.2 (20)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Hawthorn
 * 0.1 (1)
 * Melbourne
 * 0.4 (4)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Essendon
 * 1.5 (11)
 * Fitzroy
 * 0.2 (2)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Geelong
 * 3.3 (21)
 * St Kilda
 * 2.2 (14)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * colspan=6 align="center"|Bye: Richmond, Collingwood, North Melbourne, South Melbourne

Second round

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Richmond
 * 4.2 (26)
 * South Melbourne
 * 2.3 (15)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Collingwood
 * 2.1 (13)
 * North Melbourne
 * 0.3 (3)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Footscray
 * 0.0 (0)
 * Melbourne
 * 1.2 (8)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Essendon
 * 4.3 (27)
 * Geelong
 * 2.1 (13)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May

Semi-finals

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Richmond
 * 2.2 (14)
 * Melbourne
 * 3.2 (20)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May
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 * Collingwood
 * 2.2 (14)
 * Essendon
 * 2.1 (13)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May

Grand final

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 * Home team
 * Home team score
 * Away team
 * Away team score
 * Ground
 * Date
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 * Melbourne
 * 1.0 (6)
 * Collingwood
 * 2.0 (12)
 * MCG
 * Wednesday, 9 May