1961 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1961 between Essendon and Collingwood during round eighteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Jack Clarke captained the hosts with Geoff Leek as vice-captain. Murray Weideman captained the visitors with, in the absence of Bill Serong, deputy vice-captain Ken Turner as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Essendon (12.16.88) drew with Collingwood (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 26 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,500

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Collingwood
Score: 12.16.88 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 5 6 . 9 10 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Collingwood 2 . 3 5 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 5 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Geoff Leek
Coach: John Coleman

Collingwood

Captain: Murray Weideman
Vice-Captain: Ken Turner (acting)
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
8 Evans, Ron ? ? 3 ?
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 Hebbard, Col ? ? 1 ?
30 Leek, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 ?
16 Leydin, Graham ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
15 Murdoch, Alby ? ? 0 ?
2 Rodgers, Terry ? ? 1 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
10 Shelton, Ian ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 16

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Bell, Dennis ? ? 1 ?
19 Burns, Keith ? ? 0 ?
13 Delanty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Delanty, Mike ? ? 1 ?
4 Gray, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Henderson, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hutchesson, Errol ? ? 1 ?
36 Mahon, John ? ? 0 ?
26 Norman, David ? ? 3 ?
7 Pay, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
38 Perry, Barry ? ? 1 ?
40 Poore, Alan ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeves, Ron ? ? 0 ?
43 Roper, Warren ? ? 2 ?
29 Rose, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
9 Steer, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
11 Turner, Ken (avc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Weideman, Murray (c) ? ? 3 ?
6 Willett, Ray ? ? 1 ?
41 Withers, Neville ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 13 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