1961 VFL Season Round 11: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1961 between Carlton and Geelong during round eleven of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. John Yeates captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ken Hands and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Carlton (10.18.78) were defeated by Geelong (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 17,936

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Geelong
Score: 10.18.78 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 5 3 . 11 4 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Geelong 3 . 3 5 . 5 14 . 12 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 59 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ken Hands

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Arch, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 6 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 3 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 0 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Ferry, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 ?
3 McCulloch, Dave ? ? 0 ?
26 Miers, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 7 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
19 Major, Greg ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
14 O'Donnell, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 1 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 2 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 16

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