1961 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1961 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round eight of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (14.19.103) defeated Hawthorn (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Monday 12 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,132

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 14.19.103 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 7 . 13 8 . 17 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Hawthorn 5 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin HWTH by 10 FOOT by 8 HWTH by 13 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

V. Hocking

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Baxter, Ray ? ? 2 ?
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 3 ?
19 Bradbury, John ? ? 0 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 1 ?
1 Elliott, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
32 Gutterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 2 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
15 Quarrell, John ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 19

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abbott, Charlie C↓ ? 0 ?
2 Arthur, Graham (c) CHF ? 1 ?
4 Browne, Morton HFFR ? 2 ?
32 Connell, Kevin FPR ? 0 ?
10 Cooper, Graham BPR ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan WR ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John SUB↑ ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil SUB↑ ? 0 ?
20 Hay, Sted HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Joiner, Bill FPL↓ ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les FB ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 1 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFR ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian HFFL ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 4 ?
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 ?
12 Winneke, John RR ? 0 ?
31 Young, Garry RU ? 5 ?
30 Youren, Colin WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 13

J. Fisher replaced C. Abbott during the fourth quarter.
P. Hay replaced B. Joiner during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Poole 1 L. Kaine 10 G. Cooper













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 S. Hay 28 J. McArthur 26 C. McPherson













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 C. Youren 16 C. Abbott 9 B. Edwards









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 G. Young 5 J. Fisher
HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Winneke 22 P. Hay
14 I. Mort 2 G. Arthur (c) 4 M. Browne 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 B. Joiner 23 J. Peck (vc) 32 K. Connell













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy