1961 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1961 between Essendon and Carlton during round nine of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Essendon (12.17.89) defeated Carlton (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 17 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 12.17.89 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 13 7 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Carlton 4 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 11 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin CARL by 6 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
43 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 Brereton, Leo ? ? 1 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 3 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Gilchrist, Graham ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
3 McCulloch, Dave ? ? 1 ?
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 1 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
31 Williams, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

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