1961 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1961 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (11.22.88) defeated Footscray (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,195

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 11.22.88 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 9 8 . 15 11 . 22 11 . 22 (88)
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin level MELB by 12 MELB by 28 MELB by 40 MELB by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Irving

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Dawson, Ray ? ? 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 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 3 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 1 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
32 Milner, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
38 Nilsson, Ray ? ? 1 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 2 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
10 Turner, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Beamish, Keith ? ? 0 ?
37 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 ?
16 Duff, Ken ? ? 1 ?
28 Evans, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Gardiner, Alex ? ? 0 ?
2 Hobbs, Merv ? ? 1 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 1 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 0 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
26 Walker, Ray ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

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