1961 Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday, August 12th, 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,245
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 12.17.89 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 8 9 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Geelong 2 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin level GEE by 11 MEL by 2 MEL by 2 MEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Norm Smith (Melbourne), Bob Davis (Geelong)
Captain(s): Ron Barassi (Melbourne), John Yeates (Geelong)

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)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
11 Zanoni, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 12 15

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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Geelong Coach: Bob Davis

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