1961 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1961 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eleven of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Melbourne (17.18.120) defeated Richmond (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 1 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,090

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 17.18.120 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 5 8 . 9 14 . 16 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Richmond 2 . 5 2 . 9 4 . 11 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin MELB by 18 MELB by 36 MELB by 65 MELB by 66 MELB by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 3 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 5 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Leslie, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 0 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 18

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Benetti, Edo ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crowe, Neville ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 1 ?
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 2 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 1 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 1 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 1 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
38 Serich, Ron ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Swift, Fred ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 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