1961 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 117.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Footscray (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): Verdun Howell, Lance Oswald (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ian Rowland, Bill Stephenson (24)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Lance Oswald

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Neil Roberts

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Annand, Bud #20 17 R01, R04-R18, SF 0
Apted, Roy #9 12 R01-R03, R07, R10, R12-R17, SF 1
Coady, Bill #29 18 R02-R18, SF 4
Dodd, Paul #6 1 R01 0
Fox, Lindsay #33 1 R01 0
Garlick, Leo #43 17 R01-R14, R17-R18, SF 4
Guy, Eric #19 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Guyatt, Jim #27 18 R01-R17, SF 3
Hay, Bob #4 5 R05-R07, R11, R13 0
Head, Rodger #1 5 R02, R11, R15-R17 1
Hodgkin, Frank #14 18 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF 16
Holmes, Gary #22 1 R01 0
Howell, Verdun #16 18 R01-R04, R06-R18, SF 0
Lee, Graeme #35 4 R03-R05, R11 3
McCarthy, Brian #21 13 R01, R03-R10, R16-R18, SF 3
McHugh, Ray #41 13 R02-R03, R05-R06, R09-R13, R15, R17-R18, SF 0
McMillan, John #2 14 R01-R04, R08-R09, R12-R18, SF 3
Morrow, Alan #8 17 R01, R04-R18, SF 18
O'Brien, Jim #28 15 R01-R15 18
Oswald, Lance #24 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF 18
Prescott, David #12 6 R13-R18 5
Roberts, Kevin #23 17 R01-R06, R08-R16, R18, SF 18
Roberts, Neil #10 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF 0
Rowland, Ian #26 19 R01-R18, SF 26
Smith, Ross #3 16 R02-R09, R12-R18, SF 9
Stephenson, Bill #11 14 R01-R14 24
Synman, Ian #39 16 R02-R05, R07-R10, R12-R18, SF 0
Walsh, Brian #7 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Walton, Ray #18 1 R18 0
Young, Bill #15 10 R02, R06-R11, R16, R18, SF 24

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)
Jeans, Allan 19 11 -0- 8 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 10 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
22/04/1961 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 16 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
29/04/1961 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN STK by 33 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
06/05/1961 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN STK by 3 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
13/05/1961 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN STK by 1 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
27/05/1961 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN STK by 19 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
03/06/1961 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN STK by 14 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
10/06/1961 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 64 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
17/06/1961 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 10 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
24/06/1961 Round 10 Footscray HOME WIN STK by 22 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
01/07/1961 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
08/07/1961 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 32 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
22/07/1961 Round 13 Essendon HOME WIN STK by 48 Allan Jeans unknown
29/07/1961 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
05/08/1961 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 11 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
12/08/1961 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN STK by 83 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
19/08/1961 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 29 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
26/08/1961 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 5 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts
02/09/1961 Semi Final Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Allan Jeans Neil Roberts