1961 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1961 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round fourteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Brunswick Street Oval. Alan Gale captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Smith and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Fitzroy (12.15.87) were defeated by Hawthorn (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 29 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 23,012

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.15.87 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Hawthorn 3 . 3 8 . 9 11 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin FITZ by 12 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Alan Gale
Coach: Len Smith

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Abrahams, Owen ? ? 2 ?
6 Aston, Ian ? ? 3 ?
31 Barclay, Brian ? ? 0 ?
37 Bromage, Keith ? ? 0 ?
20 Campbell, Graham ? ? 1 ?
7 Clark, Wally ? ? 1 ?
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 3 ?
18 Duncan, Stewart ? ? 1 ?
33 Gale, Alan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Harvey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Henderson, Bob ? ? 0 ?
8 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
29 MacKenzie, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Ian ? ? 0 ?
30 Powell, John ? ? 0 ?
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Vernon, Rod ? ? 1 ?
13 Wright, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 15

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Arthur, Graham (c) FPR ? 0 ?
4 Browne, Morton HFFR ? 1 ?
10 Cooper, Graham BPR ? 0 ?
19 Cunningham, Jack FPL ? 0 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan C ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil RR ? 3 ?
20 Hay, Sted HBFL ? 0 ?
11 Hill, Malcolm SUB ? 0 ?
1 Kaine, Les FB ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 3 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFR ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian HFFL ? 2 ?
3 Nalder, Ron WR ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 3 ?
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 ?
27 Simmonds, Roy SUB ? 0 ?
12 Winneke, John RU ? 0 ?
31 Young, Garry CHF ? 1 ?
30 Youren, Colin WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 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

Player Line-Up

Fitzroy Coach: Len Smith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Poole 1 L. Kaine 10 G. Cooper













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 S. Hay 28 J. McArthur 26 C. McPherson













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 C. Youren 9 B. Edwards 3 R. Nalder









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Winneke 11 M. Hill
HALF-FORWARD 22 P. Hay 27 R. Simmonds
14 I. Mort 31 G. Young 4 M. Browne 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 J. Cunningham 23 J. Peck (vc) 2 G. Arthur (c)













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy