1960 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1960 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round two of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jim Francis and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (5.18.48) were defeated by Melbourne (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Monday 25 April 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.18.48 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 7 4 . 7 5 . 16 5 . 18 5 . 18 (48)
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 7 5 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin STKL by 12 level STKL by 8 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Jim Francis

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Brewer

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
17 Delanty, John ? ? 0 ?
33 Fox, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Hay, Bob ? ? 1 ?
22 Holmes, Gary ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 McIntyre, Barry ? ? 1 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 3 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

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