1960 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1960 between Melbourne and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1960 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Melbourne (10.5.65) were defeated by Essendon (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1960 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 August 1960
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,274

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.5.65 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 5 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Essendon 2 . 6 3 . 9 5 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 13 MELB by 10 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Beckwith, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 3 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 3 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 5

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Donohoe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 1 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 2 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
35 Shearman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

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