1961 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 96.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): John James (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tom Carroll (54)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): John James

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Graham Donaldson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Graeme #43 2 R09-R10 0
Arch, Bill #21 12 R01-R11, R17 3
Barry, Peter #18 15 R01-R08, R12-R18 5
Benetti, John #8 6 R13-R18 1
Brereton, Leo #6 8 R01-R02, R04-R09 14
Bryant, Barry #11 6 R10, R13, R15-R18 3
Buckley, Brian #4 15 R03-R16, R18 2
Carroll, Jim #42 1 R18 0
Carroll, Tom #22 18 R01-R18 54
Collins, Ian #19 18 R01-R18 11
Collis, Gordon #17 17 R02-R18 12
Comben, Bruce #15 14 R01-R14 0
Cox, Berkley #9 17 R01-R16, R18 3
Cross, Martin #23 18 R01-R18 27
Crowe, Bob #14 15 R01-R03, R06-R17 1
Donaldson, Graham #13 7 R02-R03, R06-R08, R13-R14 3
Ferry, George #25 12 R01-R07, R11, R15-R18 0
Gilchrist, Graham #28 7 R03-R04, R08-R09, R16-R18 2
Heathcote, John #37 16 R01-R07, R10-R18 7
Holcombe, Brian #38 1 R17 0
James, John #10 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Kick, Murray #30 4 R15-R18 2
Lofts, Wes #20 9 R01, R10-R12, R14-R18 1
McCulloch, Dave #3 6 R01-R02, R05, R09-R11 1
Miers, Max #26 3 R11-R13 0
Nicholls, Don #12 3 R01, R03, R12 0
Nicholls, John #2 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 12
Pavlou, Chris #35 14 R01-R14 2
Sankey, Maurice #16 14 R01-R07, R09-R14, R16 5
Silvagni, Serge #1 18 R01-R18 8
Varlamos, Vasil #32 16 R02, R04-R18 0
Williams, Bruce #7 5 R08, R12-R15 2
Williams, John #31 10 R01, R04-R05, R08-R09, R12-R13, R15, R17-R18 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Hands, Ken 18 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 10 Ken Hands John Nicholls
22/04/1961 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 5 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
29/04/1961 Round 3 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
06/05/1961 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 16 Ken Hands John Nicholls
13/05/1961 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 26 Ken Hands John Nicholls
27/05/1961 Round 6 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 11 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
03/06/1961 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 25 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
12/06/1961 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 40 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
17/06/1961 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 35 Ken Hands John Nicholls
24/06/1961 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 32 Ken Hands John Nicholls
01/07/1961 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 40 Ken Hands John Nicholls
08/07/1961 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 32 Ken Hands John James
22/07/1961 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 9 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
29/07/1961 Round 14 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 32 Ken Hands Graham Donaldson
05/08/1961 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 59 Ken Hands John Nicholls
12/08/1961 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 2 Ken Hands John Nicholls
19/08/1961 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY WIN CAR by 16 Ken Hands John Nicholls
26/08/1961 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 1 Ken Hands John Nicholls