1961 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 109.7%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Charlie Evans, Ted Whitten (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Whitten (35)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Ted Whitten

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ted Whitten

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baxter, Ray #18 11 R01-R10, R13 12
Beamish, Keith #6 20 R02-R18, SF, PF, GF 15
Bradbury, John #19 9 R01-R09 0
Bryant, Ian #37 18 R01-R05, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Devery, Terry #2 1 R01 0
Dowling, Bernie #7 3 R04-R06 1
Duff, Ken #16 15 R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Elliott, Trevor #1 11 R01-R10, R15 0
Evans, Charlie #28 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Gardiner, Alex #12 16 R01-R07, R09-R12, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Graham, Max #34 6 R01-R03, R14-R16 7
Gutterson, Jim #32 5 R07-R11 0
Hobbs, Merv #2 14 R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 30
Hoiles, John #23 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Ion, Barry #38 6 R04, R07, R12-R13, PF, GF 1
Ion, Graham #17 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 27
Jillard, John #25 12 R01, R04, R06-R07, R13-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Kent, Reg #10 4 R01-R03, R05 3
Lee, Bernie #29 18 R01-R06, R09-R10, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Madigan, Owen #36 1 R07 0
McDonald, Cameron #9 13 R01-R06, R08, R10, R13, R18, SF, PF, GF 5
McKellar, Barney #30 19 R02-R03, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 10
Quarrell, John #15 9 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08, SF, PF, GF 7
Schultz, John #14 20 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Slattery, Jack #24 13 R08-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 25
Smith, Barry #31 18 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF 7
Spargo, Bob #8 16 R03-R07, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 5
Stewart, Charlie #5 20 R01-R18, PF, GF 4
Taylor, Graeme #20 1 R07 0
Thornton, Barry #13 10 R10-R18, SF 0
Walker, Ray #26 10 R08-R17 0
Ware, Bob #4 14 R02-R03, R06, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Whitten, Ted #3 20 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 42
Wood, Peter #35 4 R01, R11, 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)
Whitten, Ted 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF
Findlay, Bill 1 0 -0- 1 R13

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 28 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
22/04/1961 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 45 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
29/04/1961 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
06/05/1961 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
13/05/1961 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 2 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
27/05/1961 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 25 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
03/06/1961 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 53 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
12/06/1961 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 12 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
17/06/1961 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 4 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
24/06/1961 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 22 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
01/07/1961 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
08/07/1961 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
15/07/1961 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Bill Findlay unknown
29/07/1961 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 32 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
05/08/1961 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 38 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
12/08/1961 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 55 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
19/08/1961 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 40 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
26/08/1961 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 21 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
02/09/1961 Semi Final St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
16/09/1961 Preliminary Final Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 27 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten
23/09/1961 Grand Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 43 Ted Whitten Ted Whitten