1961 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1961 between Footscray and Richmond during round twelve of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Footscray (6.6.42) defeated Richmond (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,648

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 6.6.42 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray	0	.	0	2	.	3	3	.	4	6	.	6	6	.	6	(42)
Richmond	0	.	4	1	.	6	4	.	9	4	.	9	4	.	9	(33)
Margin	RICH by 4			FOOT by 3			RICH by 11			FOOT by 9			FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Footscray

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

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
50	Beaven, Bob	?	?	0	?
9	Benetti, Edo	?	?	0	?
29	Branton, Ron (c)	?	?	0	?
30	Cameron, Barry	?	?	0	?
4	Cuzens, Dave	?	?	0	?
3	Dean, Roger	?	?	0	?
10	Gahan, Graeme	?	?	0	?
19	Grimmond, Dick	?	?	0	?
7	Hayes, Alan	?	?	0	?
16	Jacobs, Graham	?	?	2	?
22	Johnson, Ron	?	?	1	?
18	Loughran, Peter	?	?	0	?
25	Patterson, Mike	?	?	0	?
12	Richardson, Alan	?	?	0	?
46	Robertson, John	?	?	0	?
26	Saddington, Col	?	?	0	?
11	Simpson, Tom	?	?	1	?
15	Swift, Fred	?	?	0	?
2	Wilkinson, Graeme	?	?	0	?
23	Williamson, Gary	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				4	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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	RICH	unknown behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	??:??
	RICH	unknown behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	??:??
	RICH	unknown behind	0.0.0	-	0.3.3	??:??
	RICH	unknown behind	0.0.0	-	0.4.4	??:??
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			2.3.15	-	1.6.12	??:??
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			3.4.22	-	4.9.33	??:??
Q4	FOOT		?.?.?	-	4.9.33	??:??
	FOOT		?.?.?	-	4.9.33	??:??
	FOOT		?.?.?	-	4.9.33	??:??
	FOOT		?.?.?	-	4.9.33	??:??
	FOOT		6.6.42	-	4.9.33	??:??

Links

1961 VFL Season

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