1961 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 4-1-13, P%: 79.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Laurie Dwyer (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Dugdale (47)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Laurie Dwyer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allen Aylett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aylett, Allen #17 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 18
Beer, Adrian #45 4 R08-R11 0
Cahill, Brian #1 1 R03 0
Carey, Tom #38 1 R05 0
Carr, Alan #30 10 R01-R02, R05, R08-R10, R13-R14, R17-R18 1
Cheatley, Barry #19 18 R01-R18 2
Cowen, Derek #4 8 R02, R06-R12 0
Dalgleish, John #10 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Darby, Mike #48 5 R13-R15, R17-R18 0
Dean, Ken #9 16 R01-R04, R06-R11, R13-R18 0
Dow, Peter #33 7 R01-R07 1
Dugdale, John #6 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 47
Dwyer, Laurie #27 18 R01-R18 4
Eastmure, Gerald #14 15 R01-R03, R05-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 13
Fyffe, Ken #18 3 R01, R04, R10 0
Gaudion, Michael #29 18 R01-R18 7
Goode, Frank #15 1 R18 0
Hancock, Bob #20 1 R15 0
Hollands, Keith #13 2 R04-R05 0
Hughes, Ian #18 7 R07-R10, R12-R13, R15 6
Jenkins, John #5 18 R01-R18 11
Kelly, Barry #37 2 R03, R07 0
Mantello, Albert #7 5 R01, R15-R18 1
McGregor, Ian #1 1 R16 0
Meehan, Dave #1 1 R04 0
O'Brien, Jock #36 7 R02-R03, R05-R09 0
Palmer, Don #8 3 R06-R07, R12 0
Perry, Adrian #54 1 R12 0
Pickering, Michael #3 3 R04-R06 1
Poole, Robin #31 6 R01-R02, R04-R06, R10 0
Railton, Dennis #23 14 R01-R03, R06-R09, R12-R18 1
Robertson, Keith #11 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 1
Robinson, Fred #22 10 R01-R06, R10-R13 1
Rowe, Paul #24 9 R03-R04, R11-R17 0
Ryan, Graham #35 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 1
Saunders, Graeme #10 7 R11-R17 0
Snell, Ken #21 18 R01-R18 8
Teasdale, Noel #2 16 R01-R12, R14, R16-R18 15
Turner, Brian #34 12 R03, R06-R09, R11-R16, R18 0
Waddington, John #32 10 R05-R06, R11-R18 5
Ward, Rod #26 11 R08-R18 10

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)
Carter, Wally 18 4 -1- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 9 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
22/04/1961 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 45 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
29/04/1961 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 26 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
06/05/1961 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 30 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
13/05/1961 Round 5 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 26 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
20/05/1961 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 18 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
03/06/1961 Round 7 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 14 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
10/06/1961 Round 8 Geelong HOME DRAW drawn Wally Carter Allen Aylett
17/06/1961 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 6 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
24/06/1961 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 49 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
01/07/1961 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 18 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
08/07/1961 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 35 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
15/07/1961 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 3 Wally Carter unknown
29/07/1961 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 3 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
05/08/1961 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 53 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
12/08/1961 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 2 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
19/08/1961 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 12 Wally Carter Allen Aylett
26/08/1961 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 5 Wally Carter Allen Aylett