1960 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1960 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dick Reynolds and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Essendon (9.7.61) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 20 August 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 29,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.7.61 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 5 . 4 8 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 5 8 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin FITZ by 15 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
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 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Peucker, Ken ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 0 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
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 ?
1 Knight, Graham ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
5 Ongarello, Tony ? ? 4 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
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