1961 VFL Season Round 15: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1961 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Neil Roberts captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (9.12.66) defeated Melbourne (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 33,100

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 11 5 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin STKL by 17 STKL by 6 STKL by 15 STKL by 11 STKL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Neil Roberts
Coach: Allan Jeans

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Annand, Bud ? ? 0 ?
9 Apted, Roy ? ? 0 ?
29 Coady, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Guy, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Guyatt, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 1 ?
14 Hodgkin, Frank ? ? 1 ?
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 ?
41 McHugh, Ray ? ? 0 ?
2 McMillan, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 1 ?
28 O'Brien, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Oswald, Lance ? ? 1 ?
12 Prescott, David ? ? 1 ?
23 Roberts, Kevin ? ? 2 ?
10 Roberts, Neil (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 2 ?
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 ?
39 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 12

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
28 Gleeson, Terry ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
1 Leslie, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 2 ?
39 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
20 Pinfold, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 13

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