1961 VFA (D1) Season

This page displays the results for the 1961 season of the first division of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds. Moorabbin were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Yarraville were the premiers, with Keith Drinan as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1961 Victorian Football Association (Division 1) Season
Known As: 1961 VFA (D1) Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 22
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 114

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Brunswick Brunswick Park
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Moorabbin Moorabbin Oval
Mordialloc Mordialloc Reserve Len Crane
Oakleigh Warrawee Park
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Don Furness
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Neil Bencraft
Williamstown WCG Gerry Callahan
Yarraville Yarraville Oval Keith Drinan

Premiership Results

Premiers: Yarraville
Runners-Up: Williamstown
Minor Premiers: Moorabbin

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Moorabbin 1st 16 -0- 6 64 124.6% 1,870 1,501 261 304 207 259
Yarraville 2nd 14 -0- 8 56 119.4% 1,887 1,580 265 297 218 272
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 116.7% 1,988 1,704 279 314 237 282
Williamstown 4th 13 -0- 9 52 114.3% 1,794 1,569 250 294 223 231
Oakleigh 5th 12 -0- 10 48 107.4% 2,022 1,882 281 336 272 250
Port Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 11 44 110.5% 2,015 1,823 285 305 256 287
Coburg 7th 10 -1- 11 42 99.3% 1,789 1,802 255 259 253 284
Brunswick 8th 9 -0- 13 36 86.3% 1,653 1,916 233 255 273 278
Mordialloc 9th 7 -0- 15 28 78.9% 1,564 1,983 224 220 281 297
Box Hill 10th 3 -1- 18 14 63.9% 1,454 2,276 209 200 322 344

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Yarraville 1st Premiers
Williamstown 2nd Runners-Up
Moorabbin 3rd Defeated by Williamstown (Preliminary Final)
Sandringham 4th Defeated by Williamstown (Semi Final)
Oakleigh 5th Did not qualify for finals
Port Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 7th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 8th Did not qualify for finals
Mordialloc 9th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 10th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Mordialloc Moorabbin Oval 114 - 21
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 64 - 112
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 82 - 78
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 71 - 73
SUN 16/04/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 22 - 51

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 1 -0- 0 4 542.9% 114 21
Coburg 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 231.8% 51 22
Sandringham 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 175.0% 112 64
Port Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 105.1% 82 78
Williamstown 5th 1 -0- 0 4 102.8% 73 71
Yarraville 6th 0 -0- 1 0 97.3% 71 73
Box Hill 7th 0 -0- 1 0 95.1% 78 82
Oakleigh 8th 0 -0- 1 0 57.1% 64 112
Brunswick 9th 0 -0- 1 0 43.1% 22 51
Mordialloc 10th 0 -0- 1 0 18.4% 21 114

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 68 - 70
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 109 - 78
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Yarraville Mordialloc Reserve 79 - 80
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 98 - 101
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 76 - 57

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 2 -0- 0 8 160.0% 160 100
Williamstown 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 116.4% 149 128
Port Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 104.0% 183 176
Moorabbin 4th 1 -0- 1 4 176.3% 171 97
Sandringham 5th 1 -0- 1 4 127.3% 210 165
Yarraville 6th 1 -0- 1 4 99.3% 151 152
Brunswick 7th 1 -0- 1 4 77.3% 92 119
Box Hill 8th 0 -0- 2 0 96.1% 146 152
Oakleigh 9th 0 -0- 2 0 64.3% 142 221
Mordialloc 10th 0 -0- 2 0 51.5% 100 194

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
TUE 25/04/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 72 - 72
TUE 25/04/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham MCG 86 - 74
TUE 25/04/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Brunswick Mordialloc Reserve 90 - 91
TUE 25/04/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 72 - 90
TUE 25/04/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 122 - 62

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 3 -0- 0 12 119.5% 239 200
Coburg 2nd 2 -1- 0 10 134.9% 232 172
Moorabbin 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 150.3% 257 171
Yarraville 4th 2 -0- 1 8 127.6% 273 214
Port Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 95.9% 255 266
Brunswick 6th 2 -0- 1 8 87.6% 183 209
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 2 4 113.1% 284 251
Box Hill 8th 0 -1- 2 2 97.3% 218 224
Mordialloc 9th 0 -0- 3 0 66.7% 190 285
Oakleigh 10th 0 -0- 3 0 59.5% 204 343

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 81 - 97
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 76 - 70
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Mordialloc Warrawee Park 82 - 58
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill WCG 121 - 41
SUN 30/04/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 57 - 93

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 4 -0- 0 16 149.4% 360 241
Moorabbin 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 138.2% 333 241
Yarraville 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 135.1% 366 271
Coburg 4th 2 -1- 1 10 109.1% 289 265
Sandringham 5th 2 -0- 2 8 114.8% 381 332
Port Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 95.0% 325 342
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 2 8 86.3% 264 306
Oakleigh 8th 1 -0- 3 4 71.3% 286 401
Box Hill 9th 0 -1- 3 2 75.1% 259 345
Mordialloc 10th 0 -0- 4 0 67.6% 248 367

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Box Hill Moorabbin Oval 137 - 38
SAT 06/05/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Sandringham Mordialloc Reserve 57 - 93
SAT 06/05/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 61 - 85
SUN 07/05/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 89 - 70
SUN 07/05/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 106 - 91

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 4 -0- 1 16 168.5% 470 279
Yarraville 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 135.8% 451 332
Williamstown 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 129.1% 421 326
Coburg 4th 3 -1- 1 14 112.8% 378 335
Sandringham 5th 3 -0- 2 12 121.9% 474 389
Port Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 99.5% 431 433
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 3 8 84.6% 334 395
Oakleigh 8th 1 -0- 4 4 74.4% 377 507
Box Hill 9th 0 -1- 4 2 61.6% 297 482
Mordialloc 10th 0 -0- 5 0 66.3% 305 460

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Mordialloc Box Hill City Oval 48 - 104
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 89 - 109
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 119 - 65
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Moorabbin Yarraville Oval 67 - 81
SUN 14/05/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 82 - 129

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 5 -0- 1 20 159.2% 551 346
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 127.7% 530 415
Sandringham 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 130.6% 593 454
Yarraville 4th 4 -0- 2 16 125.4% 518 413
Port Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 108.7% 560 515
Coburg 6th 3 -1- 2 14 97.6% 443 454
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 4 8 79.4% 416 524
Mordialloc 8th 1 -0- 5 4 80.5% 409 508
Oakleigh 9th 1 -0- 5 4 75.6% 466 616
Box Hill 10th 0 -1- 5 2 58.9% 345 586

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Oakleigh Box Hill City Oval 94 - 107
SAT 20/05/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 57 - 93
SAT 20/05/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Sandringham Moorabbin Oval 75 - 83
SAT 20/05/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Mordialloc WCG 106 - 58
SUN 21/05/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 114 - 75

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 6 -0- 1 24 134.5% 636 473
Moorabbin 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 145.9% 626 429
Yarraville 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 130.0% 611 470
Sandringham 4th 5 -0- 2 20 127.8% 676 529
Port Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 2 20 114.2% 674 590
Coburg 6th 3 -1- 3 14 91.2% 518 568
Oakleigh 7th 2 -0- 5 8 80.7% 573 710
Brunswick 8th 2 -0- 5 8 76.7% 473 617
Mordialloc 9th 1 -0- 6 4 76.1% 467 614
Box Hill 10th 0 -1- 6 2 63.3% 439 693

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Moorabbin Mordialloc Reserve 96 - 126
SAT 27/05/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 96 - 71
SAT 27/05/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 134 - 76
SUN 28/05/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 84 - 76
SUN 28/05/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 53 - 69

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 6 -0- 2 24 143.2% 752 525
Sandringham 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 133.9% 810 605
Williamstown 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 127.8% 712 557
Port Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 2 24 115.6% 743 643
Yarraville 5th 5 -0- 3 20 123.2% 664 539
Coburg 6th 4 -1- 3 18 93.5% 602 644
Oakleigh 7th 3 -0- 5 12 85.7% 669 781
Brunswick 8th 2 -0- 6 8 76.3% 544 713
Mordialloc 9th 1 -0- 7 4 76.1% 563 740
Box Hill 10th 0 -1- 7 2 62.3% 515 827

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill Brunswick Park 98 - 66
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Coburg Moorabbin Oval 110 - 89
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Mordialloc Warrawee Park 133 - 43
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 83 - 60
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 81 - 74

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 7 -0- 2 28 140.4% 862 614
Williamstown 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 128.8% 795 617
Sandringham 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 128.9% 884 686
Yarraville 4th 6 -0- 3 24 121.5% 745 613
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 3 24 110.6% 803 726
Coburg 6th 4 -1- 4 18 91.6% 691 754
Oakleigh 7th 4 -0- 5 16 97.3% 802 824
Brunswick 8th 3 -0- 6 12 82.4% 642 779
Mordialloc 9th 1 -0- 8 4 69.4% 606 873
Box Hill 10th 0 -1- 8 2 62.8% 581 925

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Coburg Mordialloc Reserve 79 - 83
SAT 10/06/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Moorabbin North Port Oval 116 - 82
MON 12/06/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Yarraville Box Hill City Oval 90 - 134
MON 12/06/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 98 - 85
MON 12/06/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 89 - 68

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 8 -0- 2 32 129.1% 884 685
Moorabbin 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 129.3% 944 730
Sandringham 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 127.4% 982 771
Yarraville 4th 7 -0- 3 28 125.0% 879 703
Port Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 3 28 113.7% 919 808
Coburg 6th 5 -1- 4 22 92.9% 774 833
Oakleigh 7th 4 -0- 6 16 96.2% 887 922
Brunswick 8th 3 -0- 7 12 81.8% 710 868
Mordialloc 9th 1 -0- 9 4 71.7% 685 956
Box Hill 10th 0 -1- 9 2 63.4% 671 1,059

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 89 - 88
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 143 - 41
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Williamstown Moorabbin Oval 63 - 58
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 102 - 71
SUN 18/06/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Mordialloc North Port Oval 147 - 63

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 8 -0- 3 32 127.8% 1,007 788
Williamstown 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 125.9% 942 748
Port Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 122.4% 1,066 871
Sandringham 4th 7 -0- 4 28 124.4% 1,070 860
Yarraville 5th 7 -0- 4 28 118.0% 950 805
Coburg 6th 6 -1- 4 26 104.9% 917 874
Oakleigh 7th 5 -0- 6 20 99.6% 989 993
Brunswick 8th 4 -0- 7 16 83.6% 799 956
Mordialloc 9th 1 -0- 10 4 67.8% 748 1,103
Box Hill 10th 0 -1- 10 2 59.2% 712 1,202

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 92 - 49
SAT 24/06/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Mordialloc Brunswick Park 83 - 60
SAT 24/06/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Moorabbin Warrawee Park 87 - 72
SAT 24/06/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 96 - 78
SUN 25/06/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 79 - 67

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandringham 1st 8 -0- 4 32 124.3% 1,166 938
Moorabbin 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 123.3% 1,079 875
Port Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 118.3% 1,144 967
Yarraville 4th 8 -0- 4 32 118.0% 1,029 872
Williamstown 5th 8 -0- 4 32 118.0% 991 840
Coburg 6th 6 -1- 5 26 103.3% 984 953
Oakleigh 7th 6 -0- 6 24 101.0% 1,076 1,065
Brunswick 8th 5 -0- 7 20 86.8% 882 1,016
Box Hill 9th 1 -1- 10 6 64.3% 804 1,251
Mordialloc 10th 1 -0- 11 4 68.1% 808 1,186

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Brunswick Moorabbin Oval 91 - 44
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Yarraville Mordialloc Reserve 56 - 36
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 155 - 92
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 72 - 51
SUN 02/07/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 112 - 72

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 9 -0- 4 36 127.3% 1,170 919
Port Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 122.7% 1,299 1,059
Williamstown 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 119.3% 1,063 891
Sandringham 4th 8 -0- 5 32 120.5% 1,217 1,010
Yarraville 5th 8 -0- 5 32 114.8% 1,065 928
Coburg 6th 7 -1- 5 30 106.9% 1,096 1,025
Oakleigh 7th 6 -0- 7 24 97.5% 1,148 1,177
Brunswick 8th 5 -0- 8 20 83.6% 926 1,107
Mordialloc 9th 2 -0- 11 8 70.7% 864 1,222
Box Hill 10th 1 -1- 11 6 63.7% 896 1,406

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Moorabbin Box Hill City Oval 40 - 62
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 86 - 50
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Mordialloc Beach Road Oval 71 - 64
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 32 - 11
SUN 09/07/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 109 - 65

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 10 -0- 4 40 128.5% 1,232 959
Sandringham 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 119.9% 1,288 1,074
Port Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 117.8% 1,349 1,145
Yarraville 4th 9 -0- 5 36 116.8% 1,097 939
Williamstown 5th 9 -0- 5 36 116.4% 1,074 923
Coburg 6th 7 -1- 6 30 102.4% 1,161 1,134
Oakleigh 7th 7 -0- 7 28 100.6% 1,234 1,227
Brunswick 8th 6 -0- 8 24 88.3% 1,035 1,172
Mordialloc 9th 2 -0- 12 8 71.8% 928 1,293
Box Hill 10th 1 -1- 12 6 63.8% 936 1,468

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 75 - 68
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Moorabbin Oval 49 - 41
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Box Hill Mordialloc Reserve 86 - 54
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 58 - 83
SUN 16/07/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 79 - 92

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 11 -0- 4 44 128.1% 1,281 1,000
Sandringham 2nd 9 -0- 6 36 118.0% 1,356 1,149
Port Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 115.4% 1,428 1,237
Yarraville 4th 9 -0- 6 36 115.2% 1,138 988
Williamstown 5th 9 -0- 6 36 112.5% 1,132 1,006
Coburg 6th 8 -1- 6 34 102.8% 1,236 1,202
Oakleigh 7th 8 -0- 7 32 102.5% 1,317 1,285
Brunswick 8th 7 -0- 8 28 90.1% 1,127 1,251
Mordialloc 9th 3 -0- 12 12 75.3% 1,014 1,347
Box Hill 10th 1 -1- 13 6 63.7% 990 1,554

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Williamstown Mordialloc Reserve 77 - 73
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Box Hill Warrawee Park 106 - 121
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Moorabbin Beach Road Oval 54 - 82
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 90 - 76
SUN 23/07/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 53 - 48

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 12 -0- 4 48 129.3% 1,363 1,054
Yarraville 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 115.4% 1,228 1,064
Coburg 3rd 9 -1- 6 38 103.1% 1,289 1,250
Sandringham 4th 9 -0- 7 36 114.5% 1,410 1,231
Port Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 7 36 114.4% 1,476 1,290
Williamstown 6th 9 -0- 7 36 111.3% 1,205 1,083
Oakleigh 7th 8 -0- 8 32 101.2% 1,423 1,406
Brunswick 8th 7 -0- 9 28 89.7% 1,203 1,341
Mordialloc 9th 4 -0- 12 16 76.8% 1,091 1,420
Box Hill 10th 2 -1- 13 10 66.9% 1,111 1,660

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 38 - 42
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 62 - 105
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Mordialloc Moorabbin Oval 85 - 72
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 95 - 81
SUN 30/07/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 109 - 76

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 13 -0- 4 52 128.6% 1,448 1,126
Port Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 7 40 116.0% 1,585 1,366
Sandringham 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 114.4% 1,452 1,269
Williamstown 4th 10 -0- 7 40 111.7% 1,300 1,164
Yarraville 5th 10 -0- 7 40 111.2% 1,304 1,173
Coburg 6th 9 -1- 7 38 101.9% 1,370 1,345
Oakleigh 7th 9 -0- 8 36 104.1% 1,528 1,468
Brunswick 8th 7 -0- 10 28 87.5% 1,265 1,446
Mordialloc 9th 4 -0- 13 16 77.3% 1,163 1,505
Box Hill 10th 2 -1- 14 10 67.5% 1,149 1,702

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 41 - 48
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Moorabbin Coburg City Oval 85 - 58
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Oakleigh Mordialloc Reserve 53 - 127
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 112 - 92
SUN 06/08/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 79 - 84

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 13 -0- 5 52 124.4% 1,506 1,211
Sandringham 2nd 11 -0- 7 44 114.9% 1,564 1,361
Williamstown 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 111.3% 1,384 1,243
Coburg 4th 10 -1- 7 42 103.7% 1,455 1,403
Port Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 8 40 114.8% 1,664 1,450
Oakleigh 6th 10 -0- 8 40 108.8% 1,655 1,521
Yarraville 7th 10 -0- 8 40 108.6% 1,396 1,285
Brunswick 8th 8 -0- 10 32 88.3% 1,313 1,487
Mordialloc 9th 4 -0- 14 16 74.5% 1,216 1,632
Box Hill 10th 2 -1- 15 10 68.0% 1,190 1,750

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Mordialloc Coburg City Oval 98 - 106
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 81 - 68
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 99 - 89
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Box Hill Yarraville Oval 202 - 36
SUN 13/08/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 132 - 86

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 14 -0- 5 56 124.1% 1,587 1,279
Yarraville 2nd 11 -0- 8 44 121.0% 1,598 1,321
Sandringham 3rd 11 -0- 8 44 113.2% 1,653 1,460
Oakleigh 4th 11 -0- 8 44 108.9% 1,754 1,610
Williamstown 5th 11 -0- 8 44 106.9% 1,470 1,375
Coburg 6th 10 -1- 8 42 102.9% 1,553 1,509
Port Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 9 40 113.1% 1,732 1,531
Brunswick 8th 9 -0- 10 36 91.9% 1,445 1,573
Mordialloc 9th 5 -0- 14 20 76.4% 1,322 1,730
Box Hill 10th 2 -1- 16 10 62.8% 1,226 1,952

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 80 - 77
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Port Melbourne Mordialloc Reserve 110 - 108
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 159 - 102
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Moorabbin WCG 110 - 52
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 98 - 95

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 14 -0- 6 56 118.0% 1,639 1,389
Yarraville 2nd 12 -0- 8 48 119.8% 1,696 1,416
Sandringham 3rd 12 -0- 8 48 116.0% 1,812 1,562
Williamstown 4th 12 -0- 8 48 110.7% 1,580 1,427
Oakleigh 5th 11 -0- 9 44 108.3% 1,849 1,708
Coburg 6th 10 -1- 9 42 102.6% 1,630 1,589
Port Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 10 40 112.1% 1,840 1,641
Brunswick 8th 9 -0- 11 36 89.3% 1,547 1,732
Mordialloc 9th 6 -0- 14 24 77.9% 1,432 1,838
Box Hill 10th 3 -1- 16 14 64.4% 1,306 2,029

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1961 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 92 - 99
SAT 26/08/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Oakleigh Moorabbin Oval 107 - 59
SAT 26/08/1961 2:10 PM Mordialloc v Brunswick Mordialloc Reserve 60 - 53
SAT 26/08/1961 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 65 - 82
SAT 26/08/1961 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill WCG 137 - 48

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 15 -0- 6 60 120.6% 1,746 1,448
Yarraville 2nd 13 -0- 8 52 119.0% 1,795 1,508
Sandringham 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 116.4% 1,894 1,627
Williamstown 4th 13 -0- 8 52 116.4% 1,717 1,475
Oakleigh 5th 11 -0- 10 44 105.1% 1,908 1,815
Coburg 6th 10 -1- 10 42 102.0% 1,722 1,688
Port Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 11 40 110.6% 1,905 1,723
Brunswick 8th 9 -0- 12 36 89.3% 1,600 1,792
Mordialloc 9th 7 -0- 14 28 78.9% 1,492 1,891
Box Hill 10th 3 -1- 17 14 62.5% 1,354 2,166

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1961 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 100 - 110
SAT 02/09/1961 2:10 PM Brunswick v Moorabbin Brunswick Park 53 - 124
SAT 02/09/1961 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 114 - 67
SAT 02/09/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 94 - 77
SAT 02/09/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Mordialloc Yarraville Oval 92 - 72

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Moorabbin 1st 16 -0- 6 64 124.6% 1,870 1,501
Yarraville 2nd 14 -0- 8 56 119.4% 1,887 1,580
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 116.7% 1,988 1,704
Williamstown 4th 13 -0- 9 52 114.3% 1,794 1,569
Oakleigh 5th 12 -0- 10 48 107.4% 2,022 1,882
Port Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 11 44 110.5% 2,015 1,823
Coburg 7th 10 -1- 11 42 99.3% 1,789 1,802
Brunswick 8th 9 -0- 13 36 86.3% 1,653 1,916
Mordialloc 9th 7 -0- 15 28 78.9% 1,564 1,983
Box Hill 10th 3 -1- 18 14 63.9% 1,454 2,276

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Moorabbin 1st 16 -0- 6 64 124.6% 1,870 1,501 261 304 207 259
Yarraville 2nd 14 -0- 8 56 119.4% 1,887 1,580 265 297 218 272
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 116.7% 1,988 1,704 279 314 237 282
Williamstown 4th 13 -0- 9 52 114.3% 1,794 1,569 250 294 223 231
Oakleigh 5th 12 -0- 10 48 107.4% 2,022 1,882 281 336 272 250
Port Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 11 44 110.5% 2,015 1,823 285 305 256 287
Coburg 7th 10 -1- 11 42 99.3% 1,789 1,802 255 259 253 284
Brunswick 8th 9 -0- 13 36 86.3% 1,653 1,916 233 255 273 278
Mordialloc 9th 7 -0- 15 28 78.9% 1,564 1,983 224 220 281 297
Box Hill 10th 3 -1- 18 14 63.9% 1,454 2,276 209 200 322 344

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1961 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Junction Oval 62 - 79 11,000
SAT 16/09/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Yarraville Junction Oval 62 - 92 8,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Yarraville 1st
Moorabbin 2nd
Williamstown 3rd
Sandringham 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1961 2:10 PM Moorabbin v Williamstown Junction Oval 97 - 101 10,000

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Yarraville 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Moorabbin 3rd
Sandringham 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1961 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Junction Oval 139 - 76 20,000

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Yarraville 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Moorabbin 3rd
Sandringham 4th