1961 Round 14: Melbourne v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday, July 29th, 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,155
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.18.78 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Essendon 6 . 1 9 . 5 12 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin ESS by 10 ESS by 15 ESS by 18 ESS by 9 ESS by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Frank Schwab
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)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 3 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
39 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 2 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 2 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 3 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 2 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 3 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
41 Welsh, John ? ? 0 ?
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

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
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Essendon Coach: John Coleman

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