1961 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1961 between Footscray and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1961 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Footscray (12.12.84) defeated Geelong (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 August 1961
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 42,015

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 12.12.84 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Geelong 1 . 6 4 . 6 6 . 11 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin GEEL by 9 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Schwab

Player Statistics

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 ? ? 3 ?
23 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 ?
17 Ion, Graham ? ? 1 ?
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 ?
29 Lee, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McDonald, Cameron ? ? 0 ?
30 McKellar, Barney ? ? 0 ?
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 ?
24 Slattery, Jack ? ? 2 ?
31 Smith, Barry ? ? 1 ?
8 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
5 Stewart, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Thornton, Barry ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Callan, Terry ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Goggin, Matt ? ? 0 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 0 ?
10 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
25 Lowe, Brian ? ? 0 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
37 Miller, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
16 Norman, Bob ? ? 1 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 2 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 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