1960 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne were the premiers, with Ron Barassi as the premiership captain and Norm Smith as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1960 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ken Hands
Collingwood Victoria Park Phonse Kyne Neil Mann
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Len Smith
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten Joe Ryan
Geelong Kardinia Park Bob Davis
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Norm Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Alan McDonald
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Bill Faul
St Kilda Junction Oval Jim Francis

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 143.1% 1,455 1,017 203 237 133 219
Fitzroy 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 112.5% 1,332 1,184 188 204 165 194
Essendon 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 125.1% 1,506 1,204 214 222 167 202
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 7 44 114.3% 1,314 1,150 181 228 159 196
Hawthorn 5th 11 -0- 7 44 104.9% 1,251 1,192 171 225 162 220
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 9 36 101.7% 1,159 1,140 158 211 155 210
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 9 34 99.0% 1,300 1,313 178 232 183 215
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 92.3% 1,304 1,413 185 194 202 201
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 11 26 95.5% 1,311 1,373 185 201 195 203
Footscray 10th 6 -0- 12 24 90.4% 1,065 1,178 147 183 162 206
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 80.3% 1,183 1,474 164 199 207 232
Richmond 12th 2 -2- 14 12 66.7% 1,086 1,628 146 210 230 248

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Fitzroy 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Essendon 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Hawthorn 5th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 6th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 10th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 12th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 80 - 25 39,927
SAT 16/04/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 93 - 66 23,000
SAT 16/04/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 114 - 63 28,100
MON 18/04/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 98 - 98 31,150
MON 18/04/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 97 - 66 24,982
MON 18/04/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 99 - 44 36,966

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 1 -0- 0 4 320.0% 80 25
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 225.0% 99 44
South Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 181.0% 114 63
Footscray 4th 1 -0- 0 4 147.0% 97 66
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 0 4 140.9% 93 66
Carlton 6th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 98 98
Richmond 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 98 98
Hawthorn 8th 0 -0- 1 0 71.0% 66 93
Geelong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 68.0% 66 97
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 1 0 55.3% 63 114
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 44.4% 44 99
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 1 0 31.3% 25 80

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 25/04/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 64 33,815
MON 25/04/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 48 - 72 32,000
SAT 30/04/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 134 - 90 16,370
SAT 30/04/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 52 - 55 30,000
SAT 30/04/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 53 - 99 20,150
SAT 30/04/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 45 - 170 31,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 236.9% 263 111
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 185.9% 171 92
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 175.3% 135 77
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 0 8 164.7% 196 119
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 1 4 107.0% 200 187
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.6% 204 197
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 66.7% 96 144
Carlton 8th 0 -1- 1 2 95.9% 162 169
Richmond 9th 0 -1- 1 2 53.4% 143 268
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 2 0 79.7% 118 148
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 59.7% 111 186
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 49.0% 97 198

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 76 - 74 30,000
SAT 07/05/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 41 - 55 13,802
SAT 07/05/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 45 - 53 16,000
SAT 07/05/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 110 - 46 23,135
SAT 07/05/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 42 - 26 9,000
SAT 07/05/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 41 - 45 18,700

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 203.6% 281 138
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 183.2% 339 185
Footscray 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 151.8% 249 164
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 1 8 136.6% 209 153
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 111.8% 255 228
Carlton 6th 1 -1- 1 6 98.6% 207 210
South Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 81.4% 250 307
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 68.8% 137 199
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 62.1% 139 224
Richmond 10th 0 -1- 2 2 54.5% 169 310
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 81.1% 163 201
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 65.8% 152 231

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 48 - 37 11,066
SAT 14/05/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 55 - 19 28,263
SAT 14/05/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 26 - 35 24,302
SAT 14/05/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 38 - 59 12,795
SAT 14/05/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 36 - 47 7,500
SAT 14/05/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 78 - 38 7,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 4 -0- 0 16 177.3% 374 211
Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 155.4% 300 193
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 153.5% 264 172
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 1 12 138.2% 275 199
Carlton 5th 2 -1- 1 10 103.2% 255 247
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 2 8 102.1% 293 287
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 95.1% 328 345
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 2 8 78.3% 184 235
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 3 4 78.4% 211 269
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 58.6% 177 302
Richmond 11th 0 -1- 3 2 57.4% 205 357
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 4 0 80.3% 200 249

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 115 - 80 26,500
SAT 21/05/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 36 17,102
SAT 21/05/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 37 - 57 12,500
SAT 21/05/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 66 - 51 8,500
SAT 21/05/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 47 - 31 12,500
SAT 21/05/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 39 - 37 28,600

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 0 20 168.0% 489 291
Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 155.2% 357 230
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 142.7% 301 211
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 2 12 113.5% 311 274
Fitzroy 5th 3 -0- 2 12 95.6% 259 271
Carlton 6th 2 -1- 2 10 92.5% 335 362
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 3 8 97.5% 344 353
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 91.6% 359 392
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.7% 250 306
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 3 8 68.8% 243 353
Richmond 11th 1 -1- 3 6 64.9% 252 388
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 5 0 77.5% 237 306

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 50 25,632
SAT 28/05/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 47 - 65 22,128
SAT 28/05/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 119 - 74 16,221
SAT 28/05/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 124 - 32 27,249
SAT 28/05/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 48 - 62 8,600
SAT 28/05/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 80 - 78 27,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 1 20 183.6% 481 262
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 155.8% 539 346
Fitzroy 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 97.8% 314 321
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 3 12 130.2% 379 291
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 3 12 108.4% 463 427
Footscray 6th 3 -0- 3 12 105.6% 358 339
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 93.4% 439 470
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 3 12 89.2% 315 353
Carlton 9th 2 -1- 3 10 85.0% 409 481
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 70.1% 291 415
Richmond 11th 1 -1- 4 6 55.5% 284 512
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 5 4 84.5% 299 354

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 79 - 91 24,465
SAT 04/06/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 88 - 104 23,740
SAT 04/06/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 69 - 71 32,500
SAT 04/06/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 99 - 97 16,500
SAT 04/06/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 49 - 81 16,000
SAT 04/06/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 90 - 66 26,239

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 1 24 166.8% 552 331
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 145.8% 608 417
Footscray 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 113.1% 439 388
St Kilda 4th 4 -0- 3 16 96.7% 405 419
South Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 96.5% 530 549
Fitzroy 6th 4 -0- 3 16 92.5% 380 411
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 4 12 118.2% 467 395
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 4 12 106.5% 560 526
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 78.5% 395 503
Carlton 10th 2 -1- 4 10 85.3% 488 572
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 5 8 88.2% 398 451
Richmond 12th 1 -1- 5 6 56.2% 333 593

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 110 - 73 29,853
SAT 11/06/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 83 - 94 24,119
SAT 11/06/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 96 - 81 12,000
SAT 11/06/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 75 - 44 35,539
SAT 11/06/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 90 - 92 17,500
SAT 11/06/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 90 - 91 21,500

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 167.2% 627 375
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 140.4% 702 500
St Kilda 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 97.6% 497 509
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 3 20 94.0% 471 501
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 4 16 123.3% 577 468
Footscray 6th 4 -0- 4 16 104.3% 483 463
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 96.9% 620 640
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 5 12 103.7% 643 620
Hawthorn 9th 3 -0- 5 12 92.9% 494 532
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 5 12 81.5% 485 595
Carlton 11th 2 -1- 5 10 82.3% 561 682
Richmond 12th 1 -1- 6 6 60.1% 414 689

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 120 - 63 13,897
SAT 18/06/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 88 - 87 21,000
SAT 18/06/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 110 23,233
SAT 18/06/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 67 - 74 28,098
SAT 18/06/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 83 - 83 13,000
SAT 18/06/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 55 - 67 23,900

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 1 32 166.4% 737 443
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 134.6% 790 587
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 121.7% 651 535
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 4 20 95.8% 552 576
Fitzroy 5th 5 -0- 4 20 88.2% 539 611
Footscray 6th 4 -0- 5 16 102.4% 550 537
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 97.1% 707 728
Hawthorn 8th 4 -0- 5 16 95.6% 561 587
Geelong 9th 3 -1- 5 14 103.3% 726 703
Carlton 10th 3 -1- 5 14 91.4% 681 745
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 6 12 76.6% 548 715
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 6 8 64.4% 497 772

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 80 - 50 26,979
SAT 25/06/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 41 - 83 17,934
SAT 25/06/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 73 - 84 22,300
SAT 02/07/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 76 - 74 25,700
SAT 02/07/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 130 - 108 15,747
SAT 02/07/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 84 - 97 28,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 1 36 169.4% 820 484
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 131.0% 866 661
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 120.8% 748 619
Fitzroy 4th 6 -0- 4 24 93.0% 669 719
Hawthorn 5th 5 -0- 5 20 97.7% 645 660
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 5 20 96.0% 626 652
Carlton 7th 4 -1- 5 18 95.7% 761 795
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 6 16 97.2% 600 617
South Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 96.1% 780 812
Geelong 10th 3 -1- 6 14 97.6% 767 786
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 7 12 77.6% 656 845
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 7 8 66.9% 581 869

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 94 - 73 20,915
SAT 09/07/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 54 - 57 15,322
SAT 09/07/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 69 - 86 18,000
SAT 09/07/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 71 - 58 29,741
SAT 09/07/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 83 - 98 15,000
SAT 09/07/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 99 - 42 16,500

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 164.4% 891 542
Essendon 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 129.6% 964 744
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 121.7% 842 692
Fitzroy 4th 7 -0- 4 28 95.8% 755 788
St Kilda 5th 6 -0- 5 24 104.5% 725 694
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 6 20 96.7% 837 866
Hawthorn 7th 5 -0- 6 20 95.7% 714 746
Carlton 8th 4 -1- 6 18 94.6% 819 866
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 7 16 97.0% 654 674
Geelong 10th 3 -1- 7 14 95.5% 840 880
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 78.4% 739 943
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 8 8 64.4% 623 968

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 112 - 96 30,080
SAT 16/07/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 79 - 52 14,388
SAT 16/07/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 73 - 107 23,500
SAT 16/07/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 73 - 103 9,600
SAT 16/07/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 56 - 110 13,500
SAT 16/07/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 79 - 57 24,700

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 1 44 161.6% 994 615
Essendon 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 131.1% 1,071 817
Fitzroy 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 98.1% 867 884
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 5 28 116.7% 938 804
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 5 28 107.1% 804 751
Carlton 6th 5 -1- 6 22 100.8% 929 922
South Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 7 20 94.6% 894 945
Hawthorn 8th 5 -0- 7 20 92.3% 787 853
Geelong 9th 4 -1- 7 18 98.6% 919 932
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 8 16 93.8% 706 753
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 77.6% 812 1,046
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 9 8 63.0% 679 1,078

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 40 - 84 26,796
SAT 23/07/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 57 - 58 18,637
SAT 23/07/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 112 - 70 17,000
SAT 23/07/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 64 - 62 14,133
SAT 23/07/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 49 - 45 42,935
SAT 23/07/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 80 - 79 8,350

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 1 48 158.0% 1,043 660
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 133.4% 1,183 887
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 102.9% 951 924
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 6 28 115.4% 995 862
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 6 28 106.1% 849 800
South Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 7 24 95.1% 974 1,024
Hawthorn 7th 6 -0- 7 24 92.9% 845 910
Carlton 8th 5 -1- 7 22 96.3% 969 1,006
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 8 20 94.5% 770 815
Geelong 10th 4 -1- 8 18 98.6% 998 1,012
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 78.7% 874 1,110
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 10 8 62.9% 749 1,190

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 72 - 83 24,684
SAT 30/07/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 65 - 45 39,110
SAT 30/07/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 39 - 75 16,794
SAT 30/07/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 53 - 95 15,022
SAT 30/07/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 67 - 79 8,500
SAT 30/07/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 70 - 109 18,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 1 52 157.8% 1,152 730
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 129.0% 1,228 952
Fitzroy 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 107.1% 1,046 977
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 6 32 116.9% 1,060 907
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 6 32 106.9% 932 872
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 7 28 96.9% 920 949
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 8 24 92.1% 1,044 1,133
Carlton 8th 5 -1- 8 22 95.6% 1,041 1,089
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 9 20 90.9% 809 890
Geelong 10th 4 -1- 9 18 94.9% 1,051 1,107
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 10 16 81.0% 953 1,177
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 11 8 64.3% 816 1,269

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 95 - 58 21,000
SAT 06/08/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 71 14,232
SAT 06/08/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 88 - 61 16,000
SAT 06/08/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 111 - 65 81,099
SAT 06/08/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 100 - 74 10,000
SAT 06/08/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 70 - 87 16,300

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 1 56 158.9% 1,263 795
Essendon 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 131.0% 1,323 1,010
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 108.5% 1,137 1,048
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 7 32 110.5% 1,125 1,018
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 7 32 104.5% 1,002 959
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 7 32 99.8% 1,008 1,010
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 9 24 90.7% 1,118 1,233
Geelong 8th 5 -1- 9 22 96.7% 1,138 1,177
Carlton 9th 5 -1- 9 22 93.6% 1,102 1,177
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 10 20 88.0% 867 985
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 10 20 84.2% 1,053 1,251
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 12 8 65.2% 887 1,360

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 57 - 44 16,294
SAT 13/08/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 60 - 49 22,160
SAT 13/08/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 30 - 53 12,013
SAT 13/08/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 74 - 34 9,445
SAT 13/08/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 67 - 76 24,646
SAT 13/08/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 91 - 54 6,109

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 2 56 152.7% 1,330 871
Essendon 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 128.1% 1,367 1,067
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 110.4% 1,190 1,078
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 7 36 111.1% 1,185 1,067
Hawthorn 5th 9 -0- 7 36 100.6% 1,084 1,077
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 8 32 103.1% 1,051 1,019
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 9 28 93.9% 1,209 1,287
Geelong 8th 6 -1- 9 26 100.1% 1,212 1,211
Carlton 9th 6 -1- 9 26 94.9% 1,159 1,221
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 11 20 86.4% 897 1,038
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 11 20 82.0% 1,087 1,325
Richmond 12th 1 -2- 13 8 64.9% 941 1,451

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1960 2:20 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 66 - 36 17,100
SAT 20/08/1960 2:20 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 51 - 39 22,267
SAT 20/08/1960 2:20 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 61 - 72 29,500
SAT 20/08/1960 2:20 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 71 - 52 13,000
SAT 20/08/1960 2:20 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 68 - 60 8,000
SAT 20/08/1960 2:20 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 63 - 51 16,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 3 56 148.0% 1,390 939
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 110.8% 1,262 1,139
Essendon 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 125.4% 1,428 1,139
Collingwood 4th 10 -0- 7 40 111.8% 1,236 1,106
Hawthorn 5th 10 -0- 7 40 102.3% 1,155 1,129
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 8 36 104.1% 1,114 1,070
Carlton 7th 7 -1- 9 30 97.5% 1,225 1,257
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 10 28 93.3% 1,248 1,338
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 10 26 97.7% 1,248 1,277
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 12 20 86.1% 948 1,101
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 12 20 81.6% 1,139 1,396
Richmond 12th 2 -2- 13 12 66.8% 1,009 1,511

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1960 2:20 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 70 - 45 19,507
SAT 27/08/1960 2:20 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 117 - 77 12,419
SAT 27/08/1960 2:20 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 63 - 96 14,587
SAT 27/08/1960 2:20 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 65 - 78 50,274
SAT 27/08/1960 2:20 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 44 - 78 27,000
SAT 27/08/1960 2:20 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 56 - 75 11,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 143.1% 1,455 1,017
Fitzroy 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 112.5% 1,332 1,184
Essendon 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 125.1% 1,506 1,204
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 7 44 114.3% 1,314 1,150
Hawthorn 5th 11 -0- 7 44 104.9% 1,251 1,192
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 9 36 101.7% 1,159 1,140
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 9 34 99.0% 1,300 1,313
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 92.3% 1,304 1,413
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 11 26 95.5% 1,311 1,373
Footscray 10th 6 -0- 12 24 90.4% 1,065 1,178
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 80.3% 1,183 1,474
Richmond 12th 2 -2- 14 12 66.7% 1,086 1,628

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 143.1% 1,455 1,017 203 237 133 219
Fitzroy 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 112.5% 1,332 1,184 188 204 165 194
Essendon 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 125.1% 1,506 1,204 214 222 167 202
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 7 44 114.3% 1,314 1,150 181 228 159 196
Hawthorn 5th 11 -0- 7 44 104.9% 1,251 1,192 171 225 162 220
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 9 36 101.7% 1,159 1,140 158 211 155 210
Carlton 7th 8 -1- 9 34 99.0% 1,300 1,313 178 232 183 215
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 92.3% 1,304 1,413 185 194 202 201
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 11 26 95.5% 1,311 1,373 185 201 195 203
Footscray 10th 6 -0- 12 24 90.4% 1,065 1,178 147 183 162 206
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 80.3% 1,183 1,474 164 199 207 232
Richmond 12th 2 -2- 14 12 66.7% 1,086 1,628 146 210 230 248

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1960 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 57 - 66 81,209
SAT 10/09/1960 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 102 - 40 79,796

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Fitzroy 2nd
Collingwood 3rd
Essendon 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1960 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood MCG 60 - 65 65,301

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Essendon 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1960 2:50 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 62 - 14 97,457

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Essendon 4th