1961 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1961 between Essendon and Footscray during round eleven of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Essendon (12.11.83) were defeated by Footscray (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,400

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 12.11.83 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 5 . 6 10 . 11 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Footscray 3 . 2 8 . 5 9 . 8 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin ESSE by 9 FOOT by 17 ESSE by 9 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 1 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 4 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 ?
22 Forge, Ken ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
17 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 11

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 0 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 1 ?
32 Gutterson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 4 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 ?
35 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 14

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