1961 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1961 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round two of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (5.14.44) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 22 April 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,640

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 5.14.44 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 10 4 . 13 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Hawthorn 3 . 1 4 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin HWTH by 2 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 32 HWTH by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 14

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham (c) CHF ? 1 ?
4 Browne, Morton HFFR ? 1 ?
32 Connell, Kevin RO ? 1 ?
10 Cooper, Graham RR ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan WR↓ ? 1 ?
5 Fisher, John WL ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil FPL ? 2 ?
20 Hay, Sted HBFL ? 0 ?
11 Hill, Malcolm BPR ? 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↓ ? 0 ?
3 Nalder, Ron C ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) RU ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy BPL ? 0 ?
31 Young, Garry FF ? 4 ?
30 Youren, Colin SUB↑ ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

C. Youren replaced I. Mort.
B. Joiner replaced B. Edwards during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 R. Simmonds 1 L. Kaine 11 M. Hill













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 S. Hay 28 J. McArthur 26 C. McPherson













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 J. Fisher 3 R. Nalder 9 B. Edwards









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Peck (vc) 17 B. Joiner
HALF-FORWARD 10 G. Cooper 30 C. Youren
14 I. Mort 2 G. Arthur (c) 4 M. Browne 32 K. Connell











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 P. Hay 31 G. Young 7 I. Law













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy