1961 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1961 between Geelong and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. John Yeates captained the hosts. Ron Branton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Des Rowe.

Geelong (11.11.77) defeated Richmond (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 19 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,976

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 11.11.77 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 8 9 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Richmond 0 . 1 2 . 4 4 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: John Yeates
Coach: Bob Davis

Richmond

Captain: Ron Branton
Coach: Des Rowe

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 1 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 2 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 O'Donnell, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
32 Sutherland, Neil ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 2 ?
40 Yeates, John (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 ?
50 Beaven, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Branton, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Burrows, Dick ? ? 0 ?
14 Callander, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 ?
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
19 Grimmond, Dick ? ? 0 ?
22 Johnson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
28 Langridge, Ted ? ? 3 ?
18 Loughran, Peter ? ? 0 ?
32 Moloney, Basil ? ? 0 ?
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 ?
48 Richmond, John ? ? 1 ?
46 Robertson, John ? ? 0 ?
31 Rowe, Larry ? ? 0 ?
26 Saddington, Col ? ? 0 ?
11 Simpson, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Thompson, John ? ? 0 ?
23 Williamson, Gary ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 10

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