1960 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1960 between Essendon and Melbourne during round seven of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (9.15.69) were defeated by Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 June 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 32,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.15.69 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 16 MELB by 18 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 4 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 1 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 1 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
12 Crompton, Neil ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 11

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