1961 Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Tuesday, April 25th, 1961
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 32,000
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.9.57 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin MEL by 3 MEL by 1 MEL by 22 MEL by 25 MEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): John Coleman (Essendon), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Jack Clarke (Essendon), Ron Barassi (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Harold Hodgson
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 2 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 2 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 1 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 8 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 2 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 4 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 11 16

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

Essendon Coach: John Coleman
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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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