1961 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1961 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Alan Gale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Len Smith.

Footscray (9.5.59) were defeated by Fitzroy (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,107

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.5.59 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 6 . 2 8 . 3 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Fitzroy 4 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin FITZ by 13 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 10 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 1 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 1 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 2 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 ?
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 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Stevens, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 0 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 9

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