1960 VFL Season Grand Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1960 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Murray Weideman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Melbourne (8.14.62) defeated Collingwood (2.2.14).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 24 September 1960
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,457

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 8.14.62 - 2.2.14

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 12 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Collingwood 0 . 0 1 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 2 2 . 2 (14)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 29 MELB by 42 MELB by 48 MELB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Collingwood

Captain: Murray Weideman
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Goal Umpires

H. Forsyth
J. Lee

Boundary Umpires

D. Fitzgerald
J. Geggie

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank FPL ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) RR ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John BPL ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff HBFL ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian WL ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob FPR ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie FB ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor BPR ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan WR ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde CHF ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian SUB ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John CHB ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa HFFR ? 2 ?
34 Mann, Len RU ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie C ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray SUB ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian RO ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan FF ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian HBFR ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff HFFL ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Beers, Brian HFFL ? 0 ?
6 Brewer, Ian SUB ? 0 ?
19 Burns, Keith FPL ? 0 ?
37 Chapman, Bert SUB ? 0 ?
5 Delanty, Mike HBFR ? 0 ?
28 Fellowes, Graeme FPR ? 0 ?
13 Gabelich, Ray RU ? 1 ?
4 Gray, Brian WL ? 0 ?
32 Harrison, Barry RR ? 0 ?
10 Henderson, John C ? 1 ?
12 Hutchesson, Errol WR ? 0 ?
30 O'Dwyer, Ron RO ? 0 ?
16 Reeves, Ron BPL ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Kevin HBFL ? 0 ?
27 Rosenbrock, Peter FB ? 0 ?
21 Thripp, Bill CHB ? 0 ?
11 Turner, Ken HFFR ? 0 ?
25 Twomey, Mick BPR ? 0 ?
1 Weideman, Murray (c) CHF ? 0 ?
8 Willett, Ray FF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 2 2

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 R. Reeves 27 P. Rosenbrock 25 M. Twomey 34 L. Mann 21 B. Leahy
16 B. Johnson 2 A. Rowarth 6 F. Adams 31 R. Barassi (c) 38 R. Nilsson
FORWARD 24 I. Ridley

HALF-BACK



29 K. Rose 21 B. Thripp 5 M. Delanty



29 H. Mann 35 C. Laidlaw 23 G. Tunbridge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 B. Gray 10 J. Henderson 12 E. Hutchesson



22 B. Kenneally 11 L. Mithen 9 B. Dixon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 R. Gabelich 6 I. Brewer
HALF-FORWARD 32 B. Harrison 37 B. Chapman
20 B. Beers 1 M. Weideman (c) 11 K. Turner 30 R. O'Dwyer

26 I. Thorogood 4 J. Lord 7 G. Case



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 K. Burns 8 R. Willett 28 G. Fellowes



14 T. Johnson 8 T. Johnson 30 J. Beckwith



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Phonse Kyne