1961 Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, August 19th, 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,195
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 11.22.88 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 9 8 . 15 11 . 22 11 . 22 (88)
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin level MEL by 12 MEL by 28 MEL by 40 MEL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jack Irving
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 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 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 ? ? 3 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 11 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 0 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 1 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total 7 6

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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Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten

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