1960 Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 24th, 1960
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,457
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 8.14.62 - 2.2.14

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 12 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Collingwood 0 . 0 1 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 2 2 . 2 (14)
Margin MEL by 27 MEL by 29 MEL by 42 MEL by 48 MEL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Phonse Kyne (Collingwood)
Captain(s): Ron Barassi (Melbourne), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack Irving
Goal Umpire(s): Harold Forsyth, Jack Lee
Boundary Umpire(s): Desmond Fitzgerald, John Geggie
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank FPL ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron RR ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPL ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff HBFL ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian WL ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob FPR ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie FB ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor BPR ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan WR ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde CHF ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian SUB ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John CHB ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa HFFR ? 2 ?
34 Mann, Len RU ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie C ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray SUB ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian RO ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan FF ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian HBFR ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff HFFL ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Beers, Brian HFFL ? 0 ?
6 Brewer, Ian SUB ? 0 ?
19 Burns, Keith FPL ? 0 ?
37 Chapman, Bert SUB ? 0 ?
5 Delanty, Mike HBFR ? 0 ?
28 Fellowes, Graeme FPR ? 0 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray RU ? 1 ?
4 Gray, Brian WL ? 0 ?
32 Harrison, Barry RR ? 0 ?
10 Henderson, John C ? 1 ?
12 Hutchesson, Errol WR ? 0 ?
30 O'Dwyer, Ron RO ? 0 ?
16 Reeves, Ron BPL ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Kevin HBFL ? 0 ?
27 Rosenbrock, Peter FB ? 0 ?
21 Thripp, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
11 Turner, Ken HFFR ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick BPR ? 0 ?
1 Weideman, Murray CHF ? 0 ?
8 Willett, Ray FF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 2 2

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 R. Reeves 27 P. Rosenbrock 25 M. Twomey 34 L. Mann 21 B. Leahy
16 B. Johnson 2 A. Rowarth 6 F. Adams 31 R. Barassi (c) 38 R. Nilsson
FORWARD 24 I. Ridley

HALF-BACK



29 K. Rose 21 B. Thripp 5 M. Delanty



29 H. Mann 35 C. Laidlaw 23 G. Tunbridge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 B. Gray 10 J. Henderson 12 E. Hutchesson



22 B. Kenneally 11 L. Mithen 9 B. Dixon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 R. Gabelich 6 I. Brewer
HALF-FORWARD 32 B. Harrison 37 B. Chapman
20 B. Beers 1 M. Weideman (c) 11 K. Turner 30 R. O'Dwyer

26 I. Thorogood 4 J. Lord 7 G. Case



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 K. Burns 8 R. Willett 28 G. Fellowes



14 T. Johnson 8 T. Johnson 30 J. Beckwith



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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