1961 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-1-8, P%: 109.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Johnny Birt (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Hugh Mitchell (33)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Johnny Birt

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain(s): Geoff Leek

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beissel, Graeme #18 8 R10-R16, R18 0
Birt, Johnny #11 17 R01-R17 31
Blew, Russell #14 16 R01-R16 3
Capuano, Barry #12 18 R01-R18 5
Clarke, Jack #1 12 R01-R11, R18 14
Davis, Barry #32 17 R02-R18 14
Doran, Paul #36 13 R01, R05-R06, R08-R10, R12-R18 20
Dunlop, Bob #3 8 R01-R08 8
Epis, Alec #28 13 R01, R04-R07, R11-R18 0
Evans, Ron #8 10 R01-R04, R06-R07, R13, R16-R18 21
Fordham, Ted #20 10 R01-R03, R07-R13 3
Forge, Ken #22 7 R02-R03, R05, R07-R09, R11 0
Fraser, Ken #23 18 R01-R18 14
Gosper, Geoff #6 5 R07-R08, R15, R17-R18 1
Hebbard, Col #4 18 R01-R18 2
King, Alf #26 5 R02-R03, R12-R14 5
Leek, Geoff #30 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 1
Leydin, Graham #16 2 R17-R18 0
McKenzie, Don #24 14 R04, R06-R18 3
Mitchell, Hugh #31 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 33
Moloney, George #17 10 R03-R11, R16 10
Murdoch, Alby #15 10 R04, R09-R10, R12-R18 5
Peucker, Ken #29 1 R01 0
Rodgers, Terry #2 5 R14-R18 3
Sampson, Brian #34 11 R01-R07, R09-R10, R12-R13 0
Sewell, Greg #9 18 R01-R18 0
Shaw, David #5 15 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R17 1
Shelton, Ian #10 15 R01-R06, R08-R13, R16-R18 1
Somerville, John #19 10 R01-R02, R05, R11, R13-R18 8
Timms, Ken #25 18 R01-R18 3
Welsh, John #41 2 R14-R15 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)
Coleman, John 18 9 -1- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 John Coleman Jack Clarke
22/04/1961 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 16 John Coleman Jack Clarke
25/04/1961 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 25 John Coleman Jack Clarke
06/05/1961 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 82 John Coleman Jack Clarke
13/05/1961 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 1 John Coleman Jack Clarke
20/05/1961 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 79 John Coleman Jack Clarke
03/06/1961 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 61 John Coleman Jack Clarke
10/06/1961 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 20 John Coleman Jack Clarke
17/06/1961 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 35 John Coleman Jack Clarke
24/06/1961 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 18 John Coleman Jack Clarke
01/07/1961 Round 11 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 John Coleman Jack Clarke
08/07/1961 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 35 John Coleman Geoff Leek
22/07/1961 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 48 John Coleman Geoff Leek
29/07/1961 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 9 John Coleman Geoff Leek
05/08/1961 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 38 John Coleman Geoff Leek
12/08/1961 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 John Coleman unknown
19/08/1961 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 29 John Coleman Geoff Leek
26/08/1961 Round 18 Collingwood HOME DRAW drawn John Coleman Jack Clarke