1961 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1961 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eight of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Fitzroy (10.14.74) defeated Essendon (6.18.54).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 28,083

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 10.14.74 - 6.18.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Essendon 1 . 5 2 . 10 4 . 14 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
Margin FITZ by 18 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 0 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 2 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 0 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Jones, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 ?
25 Pigot, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Ian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 1 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 3 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 2 ?
3 Dunlop, Bob ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 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