1961 VFL Grand Final: Hawthorn v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1961 between Hawthorn and Footscray in the grand final of the 1961 VFL season.
Hawthorn hosted Footscray at MCG.
Graham Arthur captained the hosts.
Ted Whitten captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.
Hawthorn
Back:
R. Poole, L. Kaine, G. Cooper
Half-back:
S. Hay, J. McArthur, C. McPherson
Centre:
C. Youren, B. Edwards, J. Fisher
Half-forward:
I. Mort, G. Young, M. Browne
Forward:
J. Cunningham, J. Peck, M. Hill
Follower:
J. Winneke, G. Arthur (capt.), I. Law
Sub.:
P. Hay, R. Nalder
Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), K. Beamish, I. Bryant, K. Duff, C. Evans, A. Gardiner, M. Hobbs, J. Hoiles, B. Ion, G. Ion, J. Jillard, B. Lee, C. McDonald, B. McKellar, J. Quarrell, J. Schultz, J. Slattery, B. Spargo, C. Stewart, B. Ware
Hawthorn (13.16.94) defeated Footscray (7.9.51).
Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Browne (3), I. Law (2), I. Mort (2), G. Arthur, J. Cunningham, B. Edwards, M. Hill, R. Nalder, J. Peck
Footscray: T. Whitten (3), J. Quarrell (2), M. Hobbs, B. McKellar
As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and Footscray were the runners-up.
Match Details
Season:
1961 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
Footscray
Date:
Saturday 23 September 1961
Time:
2:50 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
107,935
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 15 | 13 | . | 16 | 13 | . | 16 | (94) |
| Footscray | 4 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 6 | 7 | . | 9 | 7 | . | 9 | (51) |
| Margin | FOOT by 10 | FOOT by 8 | HWTH by 27 | HWTH by 43 | HWTH by 43 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn),
Ted Whitten
(Footscray)
Captains:
Graham Arthur
(Hawthorn),
Ted Whitten
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
F. Schwab
Goal Umpire:
K. Cree,
W. Ludlow
Boundary Umpire:
J. Hicks,
H. Kent
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 2 | Arthur, Graham (c) | RR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 4 | Browne, Morton | HFFR | ? | 3 | ? |
| 10 | Cooper, Graham | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Cunningham, Jack | FPL↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Edwards, Brendan | C | ? | 1 | ? |
| 5 | Fisher, John | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Hay, Phil | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Hay, Sted | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Hill, Malcolm | FPR↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 1 | Kaine, Les | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Law, Ian | RO | ? | 2 | ? |
| 28 | McArthur, John | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | McPherson, Cam | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Mort, Ian | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 3 | Nalder, Ron | SUB↑ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 29 | Poole, Reg | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Winneke, John | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Young, Garry | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Youren, Colin | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 16 | |||
P. Hay replaced M. Hill during the fourth quarter.
R. Nalder replaced J. Cunningham during the fourth quarter.
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 6 | Beamish, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 37 | Bryant, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Duff, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Evans, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Gardiner, Alex | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Hobbs, Merv | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Hoiles, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Ion, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Ion, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Jillard, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 29 | Lee, Bernie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | McDonald, Cameron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | McKellar, Barney | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 15 | Quarrell, John | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 14 | Schultz, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Slattery, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Spargo, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Stewart, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Ware, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted (c) | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 9 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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