1960 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1960 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eight of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (10.15.75) defeated Footscray (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 June 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,539

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.15.75 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 9 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Footscray 3 . 0 4 . 4 5 . 7 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 9 MELB by 14 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 3 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 15

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 4 ?
37 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Clegg, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Darcey, Don ? ? 0 ?
11 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
42 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 Gallagher, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gehrig, Phil ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Howard, Ian ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
8 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 1 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 8

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