1961 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1961 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round one of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted South Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval.
Graham Arthur captained the hosts with John Peck as vice-captain.
Bob Skilton captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bill Faul.
Hawthorn (7.14.56) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.15.81).
Match Details
Season:
1961 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 15 April 1961
Time:
2:20 PM
Venue:
Glenferrie Oval
Attendance:
20,000
Match Results
Outcome:
Hawthorn
def. by
South Melbourne
Score:
7.14.56 - 11.15.81
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 3 | . | 6 | 3 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 13 | 7 | . | 14 | 7 | . | 14 | (56) |
| South Melbourne | 2 | . | 0 | 5 | . | 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 15 | 11 | . | 15 | (81) |
| Margin | HWTH by 12 | SMLB by 9 | SMLB by 8 | SMLB by 25 | SMLB by 25 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Graham ArthurVice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy
South Melbourne
Captain: Bob SkiltonCoach: Bill Faul
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 2 | Arthur, Graham (c) | CHF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Browne, Morton | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 32 | Connell, Kevin | RO | ? | 1 | ? |
| 10 | Cooper, Graham | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Edwards, Brendan | C | ? | 1 | ? |
| 5 | Fisher, John | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Haslem, Graeme | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Hay, Phil | FPL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | Hay, Sted | HBFL↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Joiner, Bill | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Kaine, Les | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Law, Ian | FPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 28 | McArthur, John | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | McPherson, Cam | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Mort, Ian | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? |
| 3 | Nalder, Ron | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John (vc) | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Winneke, John | RR↓ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Young, Garry | FF | ? | 0 | ? |
| 30 | Youren, Colin | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 14 | |||
B. Joiner replaced J. Winneke at three-quarter-time.
G. Haslem replaced S. Hay during the fourth quarter.
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 15 | Bennett, Brian | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 32 | Boyd, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 16 | Brain, Terry | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 34 | Burke, Dick | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Crough, Gerald | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Deacon, Cliff | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 38 | Dunn, Albie | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 5 | Gunstone, Henry | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Heriot, John | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Johnson, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 36 | McCormack, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | McGowan, Brian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | McLaughlin, Hugh | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 19 | Oaten, Max | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 40 | Porta, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 42 | Rice, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 14 | Skilton, Bob (c) | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 27 | Stockman, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Taylor, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Trethowan, John | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 11 | 15 | |||
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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| 7 | I. Law | 31 | G. Young | 22 | P. Hay | 12 | J. Winneke | 17 | B. Joiner | ||||||
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| 4 | M. Browne | 2 | G. Arthur (c) | 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 | 3 | R. Nalder |
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| South Melbourne | Coach: Bill Faul | ||||||||||||||