1961 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1961 between Geelong and Footscray during round seven of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. John Yeates captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Geelong (13.13.91) defeated Footscray (4.14.38).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 3 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,683

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 13.13.91 - 4.14.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Footscray 0 . 1 2 . 5 2 . 10 4 . 14 4 . 14 (38)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 47 GEEL by 53 GEEL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 3 ?
39 Tate, Terry ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 1 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 0 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 0 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
32 Gutterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
38 Ion, Barry ? ? 1 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Madigan, Owen ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Taylor, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 4 14

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