1960 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1960 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round one of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Albert Mantello captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Wally Carter.

Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated North Melbourne (5.14.44).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 18 April 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,966

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 5.14.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 8 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
North Melbourne 0 . 4 2 . 7 4 . 12 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 28 MELB by 38 MELB by 55 MELB by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

North Melbourne

Captain: Albert Mantello
Coach: Wally Carter

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Boundary Umpires

N. Foster

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 15

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Aylett, Allen ? ? 0 ?
30 Carr, Alan ? ? 1 ?
15 Cooke, Mick ? ? 0 ?
4 Cowen, Derek ? ? 0 ?
10 Dalgleish, John ? ? 0 ?
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Doolan, Neil ? ? 0 ?
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
14 Eastmure, Gerald ? ? 1 ?
18 Fyffe, Ken ? ? 0 ?
3 Galle, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Gaudion, Michael ? ? 0 ?
5 Jenkins, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Mantello, Albert (c) ? ? 0 ?
36 O'Brien, Jock ? ? 0 ?
8 Palmer, Don ? ? 0 ?
1 Ritchie, Max ? ? 0 ?
33 Schofield, Peter ? ? 2 ?
2 Teasdale, Noel ? ? 0 ?
32 Waddington, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

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