1961 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1961 between Footscray and Carlton during round fourteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Graham Donaldson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Ken Hands.

Footscray (12.11.83) defeated Carlton (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 July 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,639

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 12.11.83 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Carlton 1 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin FOOT by 25 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Carlton

Captain: Graham Donaldson
Coach: Ken Hands

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Brewer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 1 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 1 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
34 Graham, Max ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 3 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 2 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 2 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
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) 12 11

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barry, Peter ? ? 0 ?
8 Benetti, John ? ? 0 ?
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Carroll, Tom ? ? 4 ?
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 1 ?
17 Collis, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Comben, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 0 ?
23 Cross, Martin ? ? 1 ?
14 Crowe, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 Donaldson, Graham (c) ? ? 0 ?
37 Heathcote, John ? ? 0 ?
10 James, John ? ? 0 ?
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Pavlou, Chris ? ? 0 ?
16 Sankey, Maurice ? ? 0 ?
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 ?
32 Varlamos, Vasil ? ? 0 ?
7 Williams, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 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