| Year: | 1951 |
| League: | VFL |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Count: | 2nd |
| Matches: | 11 |
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.[1]
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Date|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Carlton| 2.2 (14)| Footscray| 3.2 (20)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Hawthorn| 0.1 (1)| Melbourne| 0.4 (4)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Essendon| 1.5 (11)| Fitzroy| 0.2 (2)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Geelong| 3.3 (21)| St Kilda| 2.2 (14)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|colspan=6 align="center"|Bye: Richmond, Collingwood, North Melbourne, South Melbourne
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Date|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Richmond| 4.2 (26)| South Melbourne| 2.3 (15)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Collingwood| 2.1 (13)| North Melbourne| 0.3 (3)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Footscray| 0.0 (0)| Melbourne| 1.2 (8)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Essendon| 4.3 (27)| Geelong| 2.1 (13)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Date|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Richmond| 2.2 (14)| Melbourne| 3.2 (20)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Collingwood| 2.2 (14)| Essendon| 2.1 (13)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team| Home team score| Away team| Away team score| Ground| Date|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| Melbourne| 1.0 (6)| Collingwood| 2.0 (12)| MCG| Wednesday, 9 May