1961 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1961 between Geelong and Essendon during round four of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. John Yeates captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Geelong (7.19.61) were defeated by Essendon (22.11.143).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 May 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,437

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 7.19.61 - 22.11.143

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 7 4 . 14 6 . 16 7 . 19 7 . 19 (61)
Essendon 7 . 4 7 . 7 14 . 10 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
Margin ESSE by 33 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
38 Stephens, Darryl ? ? 1 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 0 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Zanoni, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 19

Essendon

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

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