1960 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-5, P%: 125.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Johnny Birt (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Evans (67)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Reg Burgess

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain(s): Geoff Leek

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barber, Geoff #6 2 R13, R15 0
Birt, Johnny #11 17 R01-R04, R06, R08-R18, SF 24
Blew, Russell #14 4 R16-R18, SF 0
Burgess, Reg #18 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Capuano, Barry #12 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Clarke, Jack #1 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 33
Donohoe, Brian #26 2 R18, SF 0
Doran, Paul #36 3 R03, R10, R13 3
Dunlop, Bob #3 19 R01-R18, SF 20
Epis, Alec #28 17 R01-R03, R06-R18, SF 0
Evans, Ron #8 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 67
Fraser, Ken #23 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 9
Gamble, Jeff #22 10 R01-R08, R10-R11 0
Gosper, Geoff #49 1 R13 0
Hebbard, Col #4 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Leek, Geoff #30 16 R01-R04, R06-R12, R15-R18, SF 9
Leydin, Graham #16 16 R02-R14, R16-R18 5
Mackie, Barry #32 10 R04-R05, R09-R16 2
McKenzie, Don #24 12 R07-R10, R12-R18, SF 0
Mitchell, Hugh #31 8 R01-R08 11
Moloney, George #17 3 R01, R05, R10 0
Murdoch, Alby #15 14 R01-R12, R14-R15 2
Peucker, Ken #29 17 R01-R07, R09-R17, SF 23
Sampson, Brian #34 2 R01, R03 0
Sewell, Greg #9 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Shaw, David #5 16 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R12, R14-R18, SF 2
Shearman, Bob #35 8 R12-R18, SF 3
Shelton, Ian #10 18 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF 0
Somerville, John #19 11 R05-R11, R14, R17-R18, SF 8
Spero, George #21 5 R02, R04-R06, R09 0
Timms, Ken #25 19 R01-R18, SF 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Reynolds, Dick 19 13 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1960 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 27 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
30/04/1960 Round 2 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 125 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
07/05/1960 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 2 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
14/05/1960 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 9 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
21/05/1960 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 35 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
28/05/1960 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 5 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
04/06/1960 Round 7 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 2 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
11/06/1960 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
18/06/1960 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 1 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
02/07/1960 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 2 Dick Reynolds Geoff Leek
09/07/1960 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
16/07/1960 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
23/07/1960 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 42 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
30/07/1960 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 20 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
06/08/1960 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 37 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
13/08/1960 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 13 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
20/08/1960 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 11 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
27/08/1960 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 13 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke
03/09/1960 Semi Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 9 Dick Reynolds Jack Clarke