1961 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1961 between Essendon and Melbourne during round three of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (8.9.57) were defeated by Melbourne (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 25 April 1961
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 32,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.9.57 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 1 MELB by 22 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 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 ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 2 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 4 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 16

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