1961 Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, May 27th, 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)
Attendance: 29,490
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.8.62 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Melbourne 6 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin MEL by 30 MEL by 13 MEL by 32 MEL by 25 MEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ted Whitten (Footscray), Norm Smith (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Ted Whitten (Footscray), Ron Barassi (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bob Nunn
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)

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 2 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total 9 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 6 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 13 9

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

Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
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Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

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