1961 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1961 between Melbourne and Footscray in the preliminary final of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (8.10.58) were defeated by Footscray (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 September 1961
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 86,118

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 8.10.58 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Footscray 4 . 3 5 . 4 11 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin FOOT by 25 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 3 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 4 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 7

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