1961 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1961 between St Kilda and Carlton during round one of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

St Kilda (5.8.38) were defeated by Carlton (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 April 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 30,400

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Carlton
Score: 5.8.38 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 3 3 . 4 4 . 6 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Carlton 0 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin STKL by 13 CARL by 8 CARL by 13 CARL by 10 CARL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Allan Jeans

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Dodd, Paul ? ? 0 ?
33 Fox, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
43 Garlick, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
14 Hodgkin, Frank ? ? 2 ?
22 Holmes, Gary ? ? 0 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
21 McCarthy, Brian ? ? 1 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 0 ?
23 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 8

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 1 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 5 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 ?
3 McCulloch, Dave ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
31 Williams, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 12

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