1961 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted Footscray at the MCG.
Graham Arthur captained the hosts with John Peck as vice-captain.
Ted Whitten captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.
Hawthorn (13.16.94) defeated Footscray (7.9.51).
Match Details
Season:
1961 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
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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
Hawthorn
Captain: Graham ArthurVice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy
Footscray
Captain: Ted WhittenCoach: Ted Whitten
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
F. SchwabGoal Umpires
K. CreeW. Ludlow
Boundary Umpires
J. HicksH. 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 (vc) | 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
| Hawthorn | Coach: John Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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| 11 | M. Hill | 23 | J. Peck (vc) | 19 | J. Cunningham | 2 | G. Arthur (c) | 3 | R. Nalder | ||||||
| FORWARD | 7 | I. Law |
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| 4 | M. Browne | 31 | G. Young | 14 | I. Mort |
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| 26 | C. McPherson | 28 | J. McArthur | 20 | S. Hay |
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| 10 | G. Cooper | 1 | L. Kaine | 29 | R. Poole |
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