1961 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1961 between Geelong and Melbourne during round five of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (7.13.55) were defeated by Melbourne (17.18.120).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,873

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 2 1 . 9 4 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Melbourne 1 . 4 1 . 7 10 . 12 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin MELB by 8 GEEL by 2 MELB by 38 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leighton

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 2 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Pomeroy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
38 Stephens, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
11 Zanoni, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 3 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

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