1961 VFL Season Round 3: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1961 between Carlton and Footscray during round three of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Graham Donaldson captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Carlton (11.6.72) were defeated by Footscray (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 April 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 34,254

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Footscray
Score: 11.6.72 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 4 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Footscray 4 . 5 8 . 12 9 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Graham Donaldson
Coach: Ken Hands

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 2 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 1 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 3 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 4 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Nicholls, Don ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 1 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 6

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 2 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
10 Kent, Reg ? ? 1 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 1 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
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 50s