1961 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1961 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round two of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Graham Donaldson captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Carlton (9.5.59) defeated Fitzroy (6.18.54).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 April 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.5.59 - 6.18.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 2 4 . 4 8 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Fitzroy 0 . 6 2 . 9 5 . 11 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
Margin CARL by 2 CARL by 7 CARL by 11 CARL by 5 CARL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Graham Donaldson
Coach: Ken Hands

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Carlton

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 0 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 2 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 McMaster-Smith, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 1 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 18

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