1961 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1961 between Essendon and St Kilda during round two of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Neil Roberts captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (13.7.85) defeated St Kilda (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 22 April 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 13.7.85 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 8 . 2 11 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
St Kilda 2 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 13 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin STKL by 4 STKL by 5 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: John Coleman

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leighton

Goal Umpires

L. Wright

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
26 King, Alf ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 4 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 7

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 0 ?
43 Garlick, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 ?
14 Hodgkin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
41 McHugh, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 0 ?
23 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 ?
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 ?
11 Stephenson, Bill ? ? 1 ?
39 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
15 Young, Bill ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 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 50s