1961 VFL Season Round 13: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1961 between Richmond and Collingwood during round thirteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Ron Branton captained the hosts. Murray Weideman captained the visitors with Bill Serong as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Rowe and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Richmond (5.8.38) were defeated by Collingwood (6.18.54).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 22,790

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.8.38 - 6.18.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 4 2 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Collingwood 0 . 0 4 . 7 4 . 11 6 . 18 6 . 18 (54)
Margin RICH by 10 COLL by 14 RICH by 2 COLL by 16 COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Collingwood

Captain: Murray Weideman
Vice-Captain: Bill Serong
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Benetti, Edo ? ? 1 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Cuzens, Dave ? ? 0 ?
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
7 Hayes, Alan ? ? 1 ?
16 Jacobs, Graham ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
47 O'Brien, Ron ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 1 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Wilkinson, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 8

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Beers, Brian ? ? 1 ?
33 Bennett, Ken ? ? 0 ?
36 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Delanty, Mike ? ? 1 ?
15 Fildes, Robin ? ? 0 ?
32 Harrison, Barry ? ? 1 ?
10 Henderson, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hutchesson, Errol ? ? 0 ?
26 Norman, David ? ? 0 ?
7 Pay, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeves, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Rist, Barry ? ? 0 ?
29 Rose, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
22 Serong, Bill (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Steer, Trevor ? ? 1 ?
21 Thripp, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Weideman, Murray (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Weidemann, Peter ? ? 0 ?
6 Willett, Ray ? ? 0 ?
41 Withers, Neville ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 18

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