1961 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 78.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Branton (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Langridge (29)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Ron Branton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ron Branton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barrot, Bill #24 2 R17-R18 1
Beaven, Bob #50 5 R12, R15-R18 0
Benetti, Edo #9 6 R08-R13 7
Branton, Ron #29 18 R01-R18 0
Burrows, Dick #33 5 R04, R08-R09, R17-R18 0
Callander, Kevin #14 6 R02-R03, R15-R18 1
Cameron, Barry #30 12 R07-R18 6
Crowe, Neville #5 11 R01-R11 7
Cuzens, Dave #4 12 R01, R04-R13, R15 0
Dean, Roger #3 13 R01-R10, R12-R14 11
Dummett, Bob #13 3 R01-R03 7
Fitzgerald, Kevin #43 1 R05 0
Gahan, Graeme #10 5 R12, R15-R18 0
Grimmond, Dick #19 18 R01-R18 1
Guinane, Paddy #1 11 R01-R07, R10-R11, R15-R16 10
Hayes, Alan #7 13 R01-R10, R12-R14 6
Hickman, Robert #34 1 R06 0
Jacobs, Graham #16 11 R04-R14 19
Johnson, Ron #22 14 R01-R06, R09, R11-R13, R15-R18 11
Langridge, Ted #28 14 R01-R11, R16-R18 29
Lockhart, Bob #8 2 R14-R15 0
Loughran, Peter #18 13 R01-R04, R06, R10-R14, R16-R18 0
Moloney, Basil #32 11 R02-R07, R14-R18 1
O'Brien, Ron #47 1 R13 0
Patterson, Mike #25 13 R01-R06, R12-R18 2
Richardson, Alan #12 10 R01, R05, R07-R14 0
Richmond, John #48 2 R17-R18 1
Robertson, John #46 17 R02-R18 0
Rowe, Larry #31 7 R01, R13-R18 0
Saddington, Col #26 18 R01-R18 0
Serich, Ron #38 9 R02-R06, R11, R14-R16 14
Simpson, Tom #11 15 R01-R03, R07-R18 2
Slockwitch, Ian #40 2 R07-R08 0
Smith, Dennis #6 1 R01 0
Swift, Fred #15 15 R01-R12, R14-R16 0
Thompson, John #37 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Wilkinson, Graeme #2 11 R01-R03, R07-R14 11
Williamson, Gary #23 15 R04-R18 8

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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)
Rowe, Des 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 28 Des Rowe Ron Branton
22/04/1961 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 23 Des Rowe Ron Branton
25/04/1961 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 44 Des Rowe Ron Branton
06/05/1961 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 13 Des Rowe Ron Branton
13/05/1961 Round 5 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 1 Des Rowe Ron Branton
20/05/1961 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 44 Des Rowe Ron Branton
03/06/1961 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 13 Des Rowe Ron Branton
12/06/1961 Round 8 Carlton AWAY WIN RIC by 40 Des Rowe Ron Branton
17/06/1961 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 6 Des Rowe Ron Branton
24/06/1961 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 18 Des Rowe Ron Branton
01/07/1961 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 66 Des Rowe Ron Branton
08/07/1961 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 9 Des Rowe Ron Branton
15/07/1961 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 16 Des Rowe Ron Branton
29/07/1961 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 37 Des Rowe Ron Branton
05/08/1961 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 5 Des Rowe Ron Branton
12/08/1961 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 83 Des Rowe Ron Branton
19/08/1961 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 31 Des Rowe Ron Branton
26/08/1961 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 25 Des Rowe Ron Branton