1961 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1961 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round nine of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at Kardinia Park. John Yeates captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong (9.7.61) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 17 June 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,197

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.7.61 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 5 . 2 7 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Hawthorn 1 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 10 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 4 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Andrew

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 2 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 2 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 ?
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 7

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham (c) HFFL ? 0 ?
4 Browne, Morton HFFR ? 0 ?
32 Connell, Kevin FPR ? 1 ?
10 Cooper, Graham BPR ? 0 ?
19 Cunningham, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan C ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John WR ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil RR ? 0 ?
20 Hay, Sted HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Joiner, Bill SUB ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les FB ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 1 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFR ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian CHF ? 1 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 6 ?
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 ?
12 Winneke, John RU ? 0 ?
31 Young, Garry FPL ? 1 ?
30 Youren, Colin WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 10

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

Geelong Coach: Bob Davis
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 9 B. Edwards 5 J. Fisher









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Winneke 19 J. Cunningham
HALF-FORWARD 22 P. Hay 17 B. Joiner
2 G. Arthur (c) 14 I. Mort 4 M. Browne 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 G. Young 23 J. Peck (vc) 32 K. Connell













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy