1960 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1960 between Geelong and Essendon during round eight of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Colin Rice captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 June 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,119

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 7 7 . 8 10 . 12 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 4 8 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin ESSE by 1 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 16 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Colin Rice
Coach: Bob Davis

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
39 Byron, Alan ? ? 0 ?
50 Cook, Allan ? ? 6 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
25 Harrison, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 1 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 4 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 3 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 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) 14 10

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