1961 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1961 between Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. John Yeates captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Melbourne (12.17.89) defeated Geelong (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,245

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 12.17.89 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 8 9 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Geelong 2 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin level GEEL by 11 MELB by 2 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hodgson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 2 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 2 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 2 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 0 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 3 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 1 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Zanoni, Denis ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 15

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