1960 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1960 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round nine of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (10.8.68) were defeated by Melbourne (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 June 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 23,233

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 1 9 . 6 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 5 13 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin MELB by 1 FITZ by 1 MELB by 26 MELB by 42 MELB by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 3 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 3 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Gotch, Graham ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
38 MacNeil, Colin ? ? 0 ?
24 McMaster-Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 1 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
28 Zorzi, Bruno ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 1 ?
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 ? ? 3 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 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