1961 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1961 between Essendon and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. In the absence of Jack Clarke, vice-captain Geoff Leek captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Essendon (13.16.94) defeated Geelong (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 13.16.94 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 6 . 4 10 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Geelong 2 . 5 5 . 10 6 . 13 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin GEEL by 8 level ESSE by 21 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Geoff Leek (acting)
Coach: John Coleman

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 1 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 1 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 2 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (ac) ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 1 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 2 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 3 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 1 ?
41 Welsh, John ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 0 ?
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 3 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
10 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 2 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
30 Peake, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 14

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