1961 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1961 between Footscray and Melbourne during round six of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (9.8.62) were defeated by Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 29,490

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.8.62 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Melbourne 6 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 13 MELB by 32 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 1 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 2 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Dowling, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 0 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 6 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 9

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