1961 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1961 between Melbourne and Carlton during round seven of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Graham Donaldson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Melbourne (15.14.104) defeated Carlton (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,678

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 15.14.104 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 7 12 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Carlton 2 . 2 6 . 8 10 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 11 MELB by 10 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Carlton

Captain: Graham Donaldson
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 4 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Leslie, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 3 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
26 Thorogood, Ian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 14

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 1 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 2 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 1 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 1 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham (c) ? ? 1 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 1 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 3 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 13

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